DBP:Marek Kubicki visit Dartmouth December 20 2005
Who:
Dartmouth: Andy Saykin, Laura Flashman, Heather Wishart, Bob Roth, Tara McHugh, John MacDonald, John West, Nancy Koven, Jo Cara Pendergrass, Heather Pixley, folks from the MRI Suite.
BWH: Marek Kubicki
What:
MRI: Structural sequences for use at 3T; Head coil selection; MPRage
fMRI: Porting Dartmouth Tasks to BWH fMRI; Scanner differences; Stimulus Delivery
DTI: Optimal acquisition parameters; Analysis of current data; Slicer Use for Fiber Tracking and Fractional Anisotropy
Where:
Brain Imaging Lab, Area 5D Psychiatry at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
When:
1:00-2:00 General Meeting with the Dartmouth NA-MIC members
- Overview of Dartmouth's Progress and Goals
- General Discussion of current and future methods
- Scanner comparison and parameter discussion
2:00-3:00 Structural Hour
- Slicer Use and methods for the Uncinate Fasciculus
- Viewing of 3D Basal Ganglia and Medial Temporal Lobe Structures
3:00-3:30 Presentation Software Exploration - John W. MacDonald
- Overview of Task Design
- Programming in Presentation
- Demonstration of Tasks
- Facilitating Data Collection
- Task Scoring and Analyses
3:30-3:45 Meeting with Dr. Laura Flashman
- Discussion of Awareness and Schizophrenia
3:45-4:30 Meeting with John D. West and Robert Roth
- Results from the VR Recognition task
- Discussion of our use of hippo ROIs to interrogate data
- Overview of SPM features in fMRI to interrogate data for analyses outside of SPM
- Cluster extractions - VOI function
- Plot function for outlier investigation
4:30-7:00 Meeting with Andy Saykin
- Tour of new Advanced Imaging Center and 3T magnet
- Tour of Clinical Radiology Facilities
- Observe fMRI session on the 1.5T magnet at DHMC