The Mind Research Network and the University of New Mexico are pleased to announce the next upcoming fMRI Image Acquisition and Analyses course to be held August 4th-6th, 2008 at the Mind Research Network on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM. The course will include overview of both SPM2 and SPM5.

The course faculty include:
 • Kent Kiehl (The Mind Research Network and the University of New Mexico)
 • Vince Calhoun (The Mind Research Network and the University of New Mexico)
 • Tor Wager (Columbia University, NY)

The course will cover experimental design, image acquisition, introductory MR physics, optimized image processing, statistical analyses (i.e., SPM2/5 with General Linear Model and Statistical Nonparametric Mapping (SnPM)) and Independent Component Analyses of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data. The course is designed for fMRI researchers who range from beginning to intermediate skill levels. The course will be small, having only 30-40 students. There will be many opportunities to work closely with the faculty.

Students are encouraged to bring laptops with Matlab 7 installed. Custom code and toolboxes will also be made available to course attendees. For those without Matlab, demo versions will be provided.  We also recommend bringing an external mouse for your laptop.  All software will be checked on the laptops during the beginning of the course.  Students will be trained to analyze example data on their laptops in SPM2, SPM5, GIFT (ICA toolbox), and related toolboxes. 

CME Credits will be offered.

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Click here to Register for the course
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Click here for Background Information
For inquiries, contact Kent Kiehl

Hotel information
The Embassy Suites Hotel, located at 1000 Woodward Place NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87102 is where most attendees stay during the Mind fMRI course. We are currently negotiating with the Embassy Suites for a discounted rate. All registered course attendees will receive an email as soon as the negotiations are complete. We expect the rate to be near $130/night.

If you are interested in sharing a room with another conference attendee please email Kent Kiehl

Flight Information
Air travelers should use the Albuquerque International Sunport . Transportation from Albuquerque International Sunport Airport to the Hotel can be made using a taxi or limousine service.   

Ground transportation to and from the Embassy Suites Hotel to the Mind Research Network
Transportation from the Embassy Suites Hotel to the MIND Research Network each morning of the conference will be coordinated by one of our staff. We will meet in the hotel lobby 15 minutes from the start of the course each morning (7:45am).

If you prefer to travel directly to the Mind Research Network, enter 1101 Yale Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131 in Google Maps. 

Parking permits will be made available for all attendees. 

Please use the following directions when traveling in from the local freeways -

From Albuquerque International Airport: Start out going West on Sunport Blvd SE. Merge onto I-25 N toward I-40/ Downtown & Santa Fe. Take EXIT 225 toward Lomas Blvd/ Meanual Blvd/ Candelaria RD. Stay straight to go onto Oak St. NE Turn right onto Lomas Blvd. NE. Turn left onto Yale Blvd. NE. Keep heading North on Yale until you get to a dead end parking lot. There will be a golf course on your right and the Pete and Nancy Domenici Building south of the parking lot. Please enter through this entrance. Park wherever you find a spot!

From I-40 West: Take Exit 159D to "University Blvd. - Exit 159D. Merge into your left far lane and turn left at the stop light onto University Blvd. Continue to head South on University Blvd and stay in the left lane. Once you pass Carrie Tingley Hospital on your right hand side turn left onto Tucker Ave. Continue to head East on Tucker Ave until you reach a stop sign. Turn left at the stop sign onto Yale Blvd. Keep heading North on Yale until you get to a dead end parking lot. There will be a golf course on your right and the Pete and Nancy Domenici Building south of the parking lot. Please enter through this entrance. Park wherever you find a spot!

From I-25 North: Take Exit 225 toward Lomas Blvd., stay straight to go onto 1-25 S. Turn left onto Lomas Blvd.. Continue to head East on Lomas and make a left onto Yale Blvd. Keep heading North on Yale until you get to a dead end parking lot. There will be a golf course on your right and the Pete and Nancy Domenici Building south of the parking lot. Please enter throught this entrance. Park wherever you find a spot!

Course Registration

Register as trainee ($695)- this category includes undergraduate and graduate students,  post-doctoral fellows or trainees in a post-graduate training period prior to graduate school.

 
If you prefer to register by check, please make the check payable to: "The MIND Research Network fMRI Course c/o Vince Calhoun" and send to Vince D. Calhoun, Ph.D., The MIND Research Network, 1101 Yale Blvd. NE, Mail Code MSC11 6040, Albuquerque, NM, 8713.

Email confirmation for checks will be send upon receipt.

Background Information

Recommended readings for the course:

• fMRI for newbies
  http://defiant.ssc.uwo.ca/Jody_web/fmri4newbies.htm

• SPM manual and documentations
  http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/doc/ and
  http://merlin.psych.arizona.edu/~dpat/Public/Imaging/SPM/spm2docs/SPM2_eng.pdf

• SPM short course notes
  http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/course/

• Introduction to SPM stats 
  http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/Imaging/Common/spmstats.shtml

• ICA of fMRI overview 
  http://www.nrc-iol.org/mialab/personnel/calhoun/2003_ica_overview.pdf

• GIFT website and manual 
  http://icatb.sourceforge.net/ and
  http://icatb.sourceforge.net/v1.2c_GIFT_Walk_Through.pdf

• Statistical Nonparametric Mapping (SnPM)
  http://www.sph.umich.edu/ni-stat/SnPM

• Experimental design (Rik Henson)
  http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/Imaging/Common/fMRI-efficiency.shtml