[vslist] Course announcement

[Stacey Ladieu]

The Visiting Fellowship Program in Functional MRI continues to be offered
three times per year in Charlestown (5 minutes from Boston), Massachusetts.
It is sponsored by the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
and the The MGH-NMR Center.

 

 **  The next program is scheduled for  March 1-5, 2004.  **

 

 The  March 1-5, 2004 program is a 5-Day intensive workshop.  Participants
attend lectures, have ample time for informal discussion with the lecturers,
attend a "demonstration" fMRI experiment, get some hands-on experience with
data analysis, design a group fMRI experiment, and implement, execute, and
analyze the data from that experiment. 

 

   The main focus is on the basics of the physics, experimental design, and
data analysis of fMRI-based experiments.  It serves as a rapid and thorough
introduction to people new to the field, who are considering active research
or are planning and carrying experiments based on fMRI.  Many laboratories
have found this an efficient way to get new people started (in contrast to
having to wait for a full semester's normal academic program).  Participants
with a modest amount of experience in an fMRI-based laboratory, and who are
ready for a more thorough presentation of the foundations, also report
getting a great deal from the program.

 

   The emphasis continues to be on theoretical basics, with hands-on
experimental design workshops and detailed discussion of issues associated
with data analysis and data-analysis-software packages.  However, this is
not primarily a course designed to teach participants the details of using
any specific package.

 

For on-line registration and more detailed information regarding
registration, accommodation, etc., consult the web page at:
www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fmrivfp   or send e-mail to:
fMRIVFP at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

 

Robert Savoy, Ph.D.

 

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