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ANNOUNCEMENT OF 4 DAY COURSE IN  FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
 
February 15-18, 1995 in Boston, Massachusetts
 
The Massachusetts General Hospital's NMR Center is offering a 4-Day course
in fMRI, the new technique for non-invasively assessing neural activity in
humans by monitoring blood flow and blood oxygenation using Magnetic
Resonance Imaging. Participants will receive a firm grounding in the
fundamentals of fMRI. This will include the basic physics of MR imaging,
the biology and biophysics of the hemodynamic responses to neural activity,
data analysis (including both exploratory and statistical analyses),
stimulus presentation and response recording in the context of high
magnetic fields and electromagnetic pulses, and the design of perceptual
and cognitive experiments. Results from some current fMRI experiments
involving vision, memory, and clinical applications will also be discussed.
A special emphasis of the course will be the design, implementation, and
execution of perceptual and/or cognitive experiments by the participants.
Participants will break into small groups to design their own fMRI
experiments. These experiments will be executed, and the resulting data
analyzed, on the final day of the course.
 
Course fee of $1000 for the 4 day program, payable to MGH Visiting
Fellowship Program, must accompany registration and is refundable up to 30
days prior to the session. Information on accommodations and activities in
the Boston area will be forwarded upon receipt of registration. A reduced
rate of $600 is available for graduate students with letter of verification
from Department Chairman.
 
Based on past experience we expect this session of the course to be
oversubscribed. Enrollment will be limited. It would help us if you would
include an informal statement describing your background (clinical,
research, industrial, other), your experience with MR imaging, and your
experience with functional neuroimaging. 
 
Please note that additional 1995 sessions of the course are scheduled for
June 7-10 and October 25-28.
 
Please address your inquiries for more detailed information and your
background data to:
 
                        Dr. Gerald Aaronson
                        Director, NMR Development
                        MGH NMR Center
                        Building 149- 13th Street (2301)
                        Charlestown, MA 02129
                        Phone:(617) 726-5812
                        Fax:(617) 726-7422
                        E-mail:gaa@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu