Dear All,
Please be aware that when you submit bookings for scanning there is a limit
of 7 hours per week per scanner for your project. Also note, that requests
for bookings after 4pm may not be possible to arrange because it involves
additional radiographer cover.
Thanks
Tony
Antony Morland PhD
Deputy Director York Neuroimaging Centre
Professor of Visual Neuroscience
Department of Psychology
University of York
York YO10 5DD
UK
Tel +44 (0) 1904 432 860
Email a.morland(a)psychology.york.ac.uk
Dear All,
I just wanted to pass on some advice with regard to accessing the MRI
corridor, when you are about to scan participants. I am communicating
this information because over recent days, quite consistently,
investigators together with their participants have been milling around in
the MRI corridor in advance of their booked slot. I know that this
reflects enthusiasm and an effort on the investigators part to be well
prepared for their scan session and make good use of time. However, the
presence of people in the MRI corridor also runs the risk of disquieting
patients who have been scanned for health reasons. I want to try and
strike a balance between optimising the use of the scanner and maximising
privacy for patients and research participants, who change clothes in the
cubicles on the MRI corridor.
Heres the plan then:
(1) A maximum of two investigators, but preferably just one investigator,
may accompany the research participant into the MRI corridor.
(2) The investigator(s) can stay in the corridor only for the time it
takes to explain the procedure for changing into scrubs to the
participant.
(3) The investigator(s) must then enter the interview room and wait for
the participant to join them.
(4) The MRI operator with then come to the interview room to invite the
investigator(s) and participant through to the scanner suite. It is very
likely that a patient will be changing back into their clothes at this
time, so please keep conversation professional and to a minimum.
(5) If other investigators wish to join the scan session, they may do so
only at the discretion of the MRI operator, who will be able to determine
whether patients privacy will be compromised by the presence of addition
people and will be able to advise when investigators should leave to
ensure privacy is maintained.
If you find that the interview room has already been reserved,
participants may change into scrubs, but must return to and wait in
reception with the investigators until they are invited through to the
scanner suite by the MRI operator.
If investigators are found not to be conforming to this procedure, one of
their scan sessions will be used as a training session on how to prepare
participants for scanning.
Thanks for your help with this.
Tony
Hi,
As of today, there is a small change to the booking system for MEG and
MRI at YNiC. Whilst previously, bookings were made on 10-minute
intervals, in order to fit the clinical and research booking together
more easily, this has now changed, for future bookings, to 15-minute
intervals (i.e bookings start and end at 00, 15, 30 and 45 minutes past
the hour).
The bookings page (https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/bookings/) has also been
changed to show the timings of existing bookings more clearly.
Thanks,
Mark
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Mark Hymers
York Neuroimaging Centre
Hi,
Please be aware that the default behaviour of the beamformer has
changed as of 01/06/2008. An artifact has been identified which has now
been compensated for. As such, if you have run any beamforming studies
prior to 01/06/2008, it is vitally important that you familiarise
yourself with the issue of FilterPadding found at:
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/doc/FilterPadding
Any questions should be directed to analysis-support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
Thanks,
Mark (on behalf of the YNiC Staff)
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Mark Hymers
York Neuroimaging Centre
Dear Users
We have some visitors coming to YNiC on Wednesday 4th June from
4.30-7.30 pm. We will be talking to the visitors in Open Plan and they
will need access to at least half of the iMacs.
If you intend to work in Open Plan on Wednesday afternoon, please could
you move to a computer towards the back of the room (i.e. away from the
projector) as we approach 4.30 pm.
Thank you
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Dear colleagues
On Tuesday the 3rd of June from 2pm onwards, YNiC will be reviewed by
the University. A committee will be investigating how we operate,
talking to users & staff and reviewing our space.
If you are thinking of working at YNiC that day, it would help us to
have users in the open plan area in case the Committee Members wish to
talk about User experiences/research. Of course I cannot guarantee that
they will want to do this as we have only been sent a general outline
about what they wish to cover in the two and half hour visitation
Thanks
Gary
--
Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG
http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
tel. 01904 435349
fax 01904 435356
mobile 07986 778954
Jonathan Peirce will be speaking from 4-5 pm at YNiC on "PsychoPy -
Psychology and neuroscience stimuli in python".
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/neuroscience/contact/a-z/M-R/peirce_jon.phtml
Everyone is welcome to attend and there will be wine and soft drinks
available after the talk.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Dear Users
Next week's seminar (Thursday 4 pm at YNiC) will be given by Jonathan
Peirce from the University of Nottingham.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/neuroscience/contact/a-z/M-R/peirce_jon.phtml
The title of his talk will be "PsychoPy - Psychology and neuroscience
stimuli in python".
Tim Andrews will be hosting this visit.
Everyone is welcome to attend and there will be wine and soft drinks
available after the talk.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Dear Users
The 4-D Neuroimaging International Users' Group Meeting will be held
from 13th-15th July. YNiC has been asked to give a number of
presentations; one of which is a slot on the "sensory/cognitive
roundtable". This will be an excellent opportunity to present exciting
MEG results from the YNiC user community to the rest of the 4-D IUGM
delegates.
Last year three users allowed me to use their data in the presentation.
As each speaker at last year's roundtable was only given 6 minutes each
to present, I could only include a couple of slides from each user. I
envisage that the format will be similar this year and therefore I would
only need a couple of slides from any user who would like to share their
data.
Either Michael Simpson or I will be the YNiC representative on the
sensory/cognitive roundtable panel. For now please register any interest
in using your data in the roundtable with me.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
I have agreed to collate information on publications and conference
presentations reporting YNiC work. The deadline is very tight.
Please could you send me ASAP a list of your own papers and
presentations, including forthcoming work. One or two papers 'in
preparation' would also be helpful.
Many thanks
Andy
--
Professor Andy Ellis
Department of Psychology
University of York
York YO10 5DD
England
Tel. +44 (0)1904 433140
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/psych/www/people/biogs/awe1.html
