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This course features a complete set of labs + extensive list of reading materials.

This is team-taught, multidisciplinary course taht covers the fundamentals of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) relevant to the conduct and interpretation of human-brain mapping studies. The challenges inherent in advancing our knowledge about brain function using fMRI are presented first to put the work in context. The course provides in-depth coverage of the physics of image formation, mechanisms of image contrast, and the physiological basis for image signals. Parenchymal and cerebrovascular neuroanatomy and application of sophisticated structural analysis algorithms for segmentation and registration of functional data are discussed. Other topics include fMRI experimental design including block design, event related and exploratory data analysis methods, building and applying statistical models for fMRI data. Human subjects issues including informed consent, institutional review board requirements and safety in the high field environment are presented.
Requirements:
MATLAB software used to view and run .mat files
More info: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Health-Sciences-and-Technology/HST-583Fall-2004/CourseHome/