Dear Colleagues
Next week, Professor Shoogo Ueno from Japan will be giving the IEEE
Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturers seminar in York. The title is
"Biomagnetics: An Interdisciplinary Field Where Magnetics, Biology, and
Medicine Overlap"
Professor Ueno writes..
This lecture focuses on the advances in biomagnetics and bioimaging
obtained mostly in our laboratory in recent years. The
lecture describes: (1) a method of localized magnetic stimulation of the
human brain by TMS with a figure-eight coil; (2) magneto-
encephalography (MEG) to measure extremely weak magnetic fields produced
from brain electrical activity using superconducting
quantum interference device (SQUID) systems; (3) impedance MRI and
current MRI; (4) cancer therapy and control of iron-ion
release from, and uptake into, ferritin, an iron-storage protein, by
using both high frequency and pulsed magnetic fields and
magnetic nanoparticles; and (5) magnetic control of biological cell
orientation and cell growth by strong static magnetic fields.
These new biomagnetic approaches will open new horizons in brain
research, brain treatment, and regenerative medicine.
details of the talk and a short biography of Professor Ueno are in the
attachment to this email
The seminar will be in PX001 in the Exhibition Centre of the University,
at 14:00 on the 2nd of September.
All welcome
--
Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
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Heslington
York
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We recently carried out an MRI study and (to keep it simple) we
compared two conditions A and B.
We found two regions that preferred A to B, region 1 and 2,
respectively.
I was keen to explore the time series a little further. So what I did
was take the A-B difference for each subject in each of the regions
and compute the 95%CI for each 2 sec interval from the start of the
stimulus presentation.
We get a difference time series for each region and for each point
we have a 95%CI. I have plotted the CIs for each point on each
function (one for region 1 and one for region 2).
Now I note at which time point the CIs reflect a sig diff (i.e., dont
cross the x axis) and what I find is that the critical difference
occurs earlier for region 1 than 2. At last a window on the time
course of psychological functioning?
I, of course, now want to claim my Nobel Prize but suspect this is
completely flawed.
Please advise.
Philip.
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Philip Quinlan E-Mail: ptq1(a)york.ac.uk
Department of Psychology FAX: (01904) 433181
The University of York Tel: (01904) 430000 Ext. 3135
Heslington Direct : (01904) 433135
York
YO10 5DD
U.K.
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I would be very grateful if the person who borrowed the book on
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
edited by Matthews
could return it,
thanks
Gary
--
Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG
http://www.ynic.york.ac.ukhttps://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg
tel. +44 (0) 1904 435349
PA (Richard Lee) +44 (0) 1904 435329
fax +44 (0) 1904 435356
mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijmms/2010/769780.html
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Philip Quinlan E-Mail: ptq1(a)york.ac.uk
Department of Psychology FAX: (01904) 433181
The University of York Tel: (01904) 430000 Ext. 3135
Heslington Direct : (01904) 433135
York
YO10 5DD
U.K.
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