fMRI Image Acquisition and Analyses Course: October 16-18 Posted By: Lyn Kiehl - Jun 30, 2014Tool/Resource: NITRC Community Dear NITRC community, Drs. Vince Calhoun and Kent Kiehl of the Mind Research Network and Tor Wager of the University of Colorado Boulder are teaching an fMRI Image Acquisition and Analysis course this October 2014 in ABQ, NM. Please email fMRIcourse@mrn.org or call (505) 417-3387 with any questions. We hope you can make it! For more information and registration, see http://www.mrn.org/education-outreach/co... The course covers comprehensive coverage of multiband EPI issues, all aspects of experimental design, image acquisition and preprocessing, analysis using the general linear model and ICA, Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM8), independent component analyses (ICA) of fMRI data, mediation analysis of fMRI, and statistical nonparametric mapping (SnPM). Matlab (a trial version), SPM8, the Group ICA of fMRI Toolbox (GIFT), and related SPM toolboxes, including statistical nonparametric mapping (SnPM) and the multi-level mediation fMRI toolbox (M3) will be installed on each student's laptop. ---- The course is designed for fMRI researchers who range from beginning to intermediate skill levels. It will provide those who are just getting started with fMRI a comprehensive set of tools and software to get started with your own studies, and those who are more advanced will benefit from custom code and supplements to standard analyses developed by the instructors. We cover Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM8), independent component analyses (ICA) of fMRI data, mediation analysis of fMRI, and statistical nonparametric mapping (SnPM). We provide comprehensive coverage of all aspects of experimental design, image acquisition, image preprocessing, and analysis using the general linear model and ICA. The course is unique in that it pairs interactive lectures with hands-on demonstrations and work-through sessions. Each student works on their own laptop. Matlab (a trial version), SPM8, the Group ICA of fMRI Toolbox (GIFT), and related SPM toolboxes, including statistical nonparametric mapping (SnPM) and the multi-level mediation fMRI toolbox (M3) will be installed during the beginning of the course. In addition, alongside the lectures, participants will be trained to analyze example fMRI data on their laptops using these tools. Registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis; we apologize in advance if we cannot accommodate all who wish to attend, but we will admit as many people as possible given the interactive nature of the course. |
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