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 | | Getting Started with fMRI: Biophysics & Acquisition Kamil Uludag |
| 07:30 | | Getting Started with fMRI: Analysis Methods Susan Francis |