<div dir="ltr">Dear neurobureau,<div><br></div><div>I have been contacted by Dr Paul Summers, who is organizing an interesting spin of the brainhack concept: spinal cord hack. It's going to be a satellite of ISMRM and, as the name indicates, is like brainhack but for spinal cord. I have copied the summary of the event below. Dr Summers would like the post to be added to <a href="http://brainhack.org">brainhack.org</a>, as well as the neurobureau site / FB page. From every discussion I've had so far, it seemed that everybody liked the idea of having a variety of spin-off of the brainhack concept (which was itself a spin-off of generic hackatons), and include them in <a href="http://brainhack.org">brainhack.org</a> as much as possible. Please get in touch if you have comments/concerns about this initiative. Best,</div>
<div><br clear="all"><div>Pierre <br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Spinal Cord Hack 2014</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">To follow close on the ISMRM meeting in Milan, we are inviting</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">participants to the first spinal cord hacking event. This half day event</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">will take place near the conference venue on Friday May 16th, 2014 with</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">the support of the International Spinal Research Trust. Our priorities are</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">to introduce the many challenges facing spinal cord MR imaging researchers</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">to coders and researchers with the interest and skills to pursue</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">solutions. Following a look at the software solutions currently available</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">and their limitations, the participants will have the chance to get down</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">to it in smaller groups to hack and discuss the future of spinal cord MRI.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">The work themes are expected to touch on, but are not limited to: motion</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">correction of low feature images, functional - structural registration,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">group space generation and atlasing, defining practices for existing</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">tools, setting image quality requirements for spinal cord fMRI, DTI and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">other I's,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">validation of statistical assumptions in the context of spinal cord fMRI,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">SEEP - BOLD bun fight, and damning or damned by physiological noise.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">If interested in participating, contributing data, code or other, please</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">contact </span><a href="mailto:paul.summers@unimore.it" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">paul</span>.<span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">summers</span>@unimore.it</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
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