Thank you to those of you who replied to my previous emails requesting that you contact us if you intend to attend any/all of the current masterclasses.

We have had a low response in terms of attendance for this week's MRI session (so far only 5 interested parties).

Those 5 five will be glad to know that we fully intend to continue with the session - the tutorials will be even more interactive than usual if the numbers are smaller!

However, it would be naive of me to ignore the feedback from some that suggests that committing 2 1/2 hours on a Thursday afternoon is difficult for some of you. As such a minor revision to Thursday's program is proposed:

The session will be split into 2 halves -

Session 1: 2.30 - 4.00 - an introduction to the FSL software environment; - a full single subject AND across subject (group) fMRI analysis tutorial with worked examples; - examples of manipulating data - co-registration, averaging, extracting time-series (with user supplied examples), extracting brains

Session 2: 4.00 - 5.00 - an introduction to the more weird and wonderful tools in fsl - exploring fMRI data without a model .. ICA - comparing spatial differences between groups - TBSS and VBM - exploring connectivity with DTI data - again, session will involve worked examples and user interaction with scripts

Hopefully splitting the session will help those of you limited by time to attend at least part of the afternoon, and allow those of you who are only interested in basic fMRI processing / newer features to attend the times most suitable for you.

Please do let us know if you intend to attend .. it makes our lives easier!

Thanks.

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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