FMRI school 2009
fMRI school 2009
Time: October 27-28, 2009
Place: Sähkötalo, Otakaari 5, Lecture room S5, L- wing, 3rd floor
Organizers
Brain Research Unit, Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology
Advanced Magnetic Imaging Centre, Helsinki University of Technology
Finnish Graduate School of Neuroscience
Program
Tuesday, 27th October
10.00 Simo Vanni: What is BOLD signal?
10.45 Simo Vanni: Study design
11.30 Lunch
12.30 Toni Auranen: MRI @AMI
13.15 Linda Henriksson: Image data formats and preprocessing
- Preprocessing script for SPM8: con_sli_rea_preprospm8.m
(includes DICOM to NIFTI format conversion, slice timing correction, movement correction and optional spatial smoothing) - Preprocessing script for SPM2: sli_rea_preprospm2.m
(includes slice timing correction, movement correction and optional spatial smoothing) - DICOM to NIFTI image format conversion for SPM8: spm_vision_dicom_convert.m, spm_vision_dicom.m
14.00 Coffee break
14.15 Lauri Nurminen: General linear model applied to fMRI analysis
Wednesday, 28th October
10.00 Lauri Nurminen: Model estimation
10.45 Linda Stenbacka: Statistical inference
11.30 Lunch
12.30 Linda Henriksson: Visualization and quantification of fMRI results
13.15 Ville Renvall: Physics of functional MRI
14.00 Coffee break
14.15 Sanna Malinen: ICA applied to fMRI analysis
15.00 (2 x 45 min) Simo Vanni, Miika Koskinen and Lauri Nurminen: Reading the brain: significance, principles and application of multivariate methods to fMRI signal analysis