Upcoming fMRI Courses Posted By: Tom Zeffiro - Sep 2, 2010Tool/Resource: NITRC Community This fall and winter we will again be offering a series of functional neuroimaging courses focusing on the practical aspects of experimental design and analysis. The details and registration instructions for the restructured educational program can be found at the Neurometrika website at: http://neurometrika.org/courses Of possible interest to you is a new, and more advanced, course entitled “Design and Analysis for Functional Neuroimaging: A Problem Oriented Approach.” It is a 5-day workshop that utilizes a unique problem oriented approach in presenting the principles related to the design and analysis of neuroimaging experiments using structural, functional and diffusion MRI. Building on the topics covered in our previous courses, it is organized around a series of case studies, many of which demonstrate the integration of multiple imaging techniques. We will cover the theory and practice of task design, data acquisition, preprocessing, statistical modeling, artifact detection, meta-analysis, and visualization of data associated with experimental designs of the type routinely used in neuroimaging research. Lectures will be linked with a series of interactive laboratory exercises that will provide participants with experience integrating structural and functional neuroimaging data. One session will introduce the use of the R statistical computing language for integrated modeling of behavioral and imaging data. The last day of the course will be used to demonstrate the use of Python to construct brain image analysis pipelines integrating processing modules from different software packages. Python is an object-oriented computing language that supports rapid, cross-platform development. It has been extended with a large number of libraries, some of which are specifically designed for neuroimaging applications. After introducing the basics characteristics of the language, we will explore the utility of using Python as a programming environment integrating functions from SPM, Freesurfer and FSL. More details about the presentations can be found on the Neurometrika website at: http://www.neurometrika.org/DesignAndAna... In addition, here is a summary of the course offerings and their locations. More details about each one is available at http://www.neurometrika.org/courses Design and Analysis for Functional Neuroimaging - Boston, MA SEP 20-24, 2010 SPM8 for Basic and Clinical Investigators - Boston, MA OCT 11-15, 2010 SPM8 Network Analysis - Boston,MA OCT 25-29, 2010 SPM8 Chicago - Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine - Chicago, IL NOV 6-10, 2010 SPM8 for Basic and Clinical Investigators - Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition - Pittsburgh, PA JAN 3-7, 2011 |
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