Absolute Beginner's Guide to fMRI
Sunrise Course
ORGANIZERS: Sune
Jespersen, Sila Kurugol, Shaihan Malik, Henrik Odéen, Yasuhiko
Tachibana, Cristian Tejos, Richard Thompson
Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Nicoll 2
07:00 - 08:00
Moderators: Marta
Bianciardi & Patricia Figueiredo
Skill Level: Basic
Session Number: S-W-03
CME and CE Credit
Session Number:
S-W-03
Overview
This course will over 4 mornings give Absolute beginner’s guides to 4
commonly encountered topics of interest for a broad audience; 1)
Diffusion imaging, 2) Fat-water separation, 3) fMRI, and 4)
Susceptibility imaging. Both technical considerations and clinical
applications will be discussed for each subject.
Target Audience
This course is designed for scientists and clinicians who are interested
in starting clinical and research projects in any of the covered topics
and would like to quickly get caught up on the basics.
Educational Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
- Explain the acquisition and processing methods applicable for the
covered topics;
- Discuss the pros and cons of each method;
- Identify different areas of applications for each method;
- Summarize the challenges of qualitative MRI in MSK imaging;
- Summarize the strengths and weaknesses of quantitative MRI in MSK
imaging; and
- Explain the QIBA MSK initiative.
07:00 |
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Getting Started with fMRI: Biophysics & Acquisition
Kamil Uludag
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07:30 |
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Getting Started with fMRI: Analysis Methods
Susan Francis
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