Dear All,
The 4-D engineer has repaired the dewar positioning system. We are
hopeful that the system will be up and running as normal from Monday
onwards. Some final checks and testing will be performed before then.
Tony
Dear All,
As Gary mentioned at the end of a recent Thursday evening meeting, the DSO
will now occupy a desk in the open plan area so that he/she is more
accessible to users. The desk is in the corner of the room and will have
the name of the DSO on the desk. If the DSO is not at the desk and is
working elsewhere in the centre, details of where he/she can be found will
be on the desk. Please note that the DSO can be approached 10am-12pm and
2pm-4pm.
Tony
>Sorry for the late notice:
>This may be of interest to AVA members; we are running an advanced training
>course on Brain Voyager (see schedule attached) on July 19th and 20th at the
>Birmingham University Imaging Centre. Basic knowledge of the software is
>necessary, as the course will be covering only advanced topics.
>
>Please contact Zoe Kourtzi directly if you are interested.
>
>Zoe Kourtzi, PhD
>Chair of Brain Imaging
>Behavioural and Brain Sciences
>School of Psychology
>University of Birmingham
>Edgbaston, Birmingham
>B15 2TT UK
>
>tel: 121 414 8509
>fax: 121 414 4897
>e-mail: z.kourtzi(a)bham.ac.uk
>web: http://psg275.bham.ac.uk/cnil/
>
>
>BrainVoyager QX advanced course
>
>Birmingham, July 19 & 20, 2007
>
>Program
>
>Day 1 Analysis and visualization of structural MRI data
>
>
>09:00 10:00 Overview - Tools and methods: Image enhancement, Region
>Growing, Edge detection, Image matching and averaging
>10:00 - 10:45 Demonstration: Contrast, intensity, inhomogeneity
correction,
>filtering. Automatic/ semi-automatic segmentation of structural data
>10:45 - 11:00 Demonstration: Coregistration/ averaging of structural data
>11:00 - 11:15 - Tea break -
>11:15 - 12:15 Exercise: Data preprocessing, automatic/ semi-automatic
>segmentation
>12:15 - 13:00 Cortex-based inter-subject alignment
>
>13:00 14:00 - Lunch break -
>
>14:00 15:00 Exercise: A) Cortex-based alignment B) Transfer of Broadman
>areas
>15:00 15:30 Cortical thickness analysis
>15:30 16:30 Exercise: Cortical thickness analysis
>16:30 - 16:45 - Tea break -
>16:45 17:15 DTI data analysis and visualization
>17:15 18:15 Exercise: DTI data analysis and visualization
>
>
>
>BrainVoyager QX advanced course
>
>Birmingham, July 19 & 20, 2007
>
>Program
>
>Day 2 Analysis of functional MRI data
>
>
>09:00 09:30 Overview: Tools and methods, concepts, VTC/MTC, ROI/POI
>09:30 11:00 Multi-subjects/ multi-study statistics in BVQX: Fixed and
>random effects group analysis (GLM, RFX ANCOVA)
>11:00 11:15 - Tea break -
>11:15 12:15 Volume-based/ cortex-based single-subject and group ICA
>12:15 12:45 Granger causality mapping
>12:45 13:00 Exercise: Coregistration - fMRI data with structural 3d
data
> patient data with deformed brains
>
>13:00 14:00 - Lunch break -
>
>14:00 15:00 Exercise: A) Volume-based and cortex-based ICAB) RFX ANCOVA,
>C) GLM analysis on aligned cortices
>15:00 15:30 Mapping: Localizer and follow up
>data analysis (VOI, MSK, POI)
>15:30 16:30 Demonstration: Mapping visual areas field sign maps as
>preparation for VOI/ POI data analysis
>16:30 16:45 - Tea break -
>16:45 17:15 Future Tools 1: Combined fMRI/MRI and EEG analysis
>17:15 17:45 Future Tools 2: Simulation of brain processes
>17:45 18:00 Discussion
Dr Peter Thompson,
Executive Editor, Perception
National Teaching Fellow
British Association - Royal Society Millennium Fellow
Department of Psychology, University of York, YO10 5DD, UK
P.Thompson(a)psych.york.ac.uk
tel: +44 1904 433150 fax +44 1904 433181
Creator of the solar system: www.solar.york.ac.uk
Try www.viperlib.com your one-stop visual perception image site
Dear All,
The MEG scanner has a problem with the dewar, as has been previously
reported. Until further notice, no scanning.
The radiographer is off sick this week and currently Andre is assisting
with as much MRI scanning as he can. It will be necessary however to
cancel or shorten some scanning sessions. Please do not book any more MRI
sessions this week.
Tony
We have always stressed the importance of checking a few of the manual
steps in the beamforming processing stream where possible.
These include the outputs generated by the co-registration routines
which co-register your MEG headshape to your structural MRI for each
subject, and simultaneously calculate the local sphere sources for each
channel in the MEG sensor array. This information, calculated early in
the processing tree is obviously vital for all post-processing steps.
You should be routinely checking that the co-registration itself is
accurate and that the spheres generated make are 'sensible' for each sensor.
If you are not doing this you are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to do so. Whilst
there have been very few instances of the outputs failing (only 2 in the
last year!) they have had significant effects on results for both
individuals and groups.
These errors are easily resolved if detected.
Please see the following page for more information:
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/doc/BeamformerUsage and see "/STEP 3 -
Visually check that the co-registration is reasonable for each subject
and associated MEG run/"
(Thanks to those who brought this to our attention!)
--
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Andre Gouws
User Support Manager
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435328
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Hello all,
Due to the rearranging of sessions there's a bit of a hole in the
schedule and the next Thursday evening will be the 26th, when Piers will
talk. Unless of course we have any volunteers, or (without making any
promises) requests for more training biased sessions.
Thanks,
Sam
Dear users and staff
Just a gentle reminder.
Please, please do not use the fridge in ynic reception for food. I have
just had to do archeology on someone's lunch. It is not very good for
public relations when people try and get some milk but are faced with
fungal blooms.
Also, please can everyone use the kitchen in the link corridor between
the biocentre and the innovation centre rather than the one near
biocentre reception. This is because the reception kitchen is for the
use of the biocentre team rather than tenants. The other kitchen does
have a fridge for your lunches, etc.
Last, and sorry to keep on, please can you use the toilets by the
biocentre reception rather than the toilet in the mri corridor. The
toilet in the mri corridor is really for patients and participants
rather than users. The problem is that the mri toilet is not keeping up
with demand!
thanks
Gary
ps
Good news. Work starts very soon on the new cafeteria at the Biocentre.
Details are on the notice board in the Open Plan office. It should be
available in the autumn.
--
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