Advanced MRI Methods for VCI Research Workshop Series
Part III – BOLD fMRI: Task and Resting State - Speaker: Dr. Jean Chen
This lecture will introduce the basics on the image acquisition, analysis and interpretation of task-based and resting-state fMRI, including:
What is the BOLD fMRI effect?
Basic concepts of task-based and resting-state fMRI
fMRI data analysis and interpretation
Advantages and limitations of fMRI
Dr. Chen is the Canada Research Chair in Neuroimaging of Aging, a Senior Scientist at Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Academy for Research and Education, and a Professor of Medical Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto. She completed her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University. Dr. Chen’s research is focused on the use of resting-state functional MRI (fMRI), arterial-spin labeling, cerebrovascular-reactivity mapping and simultaneous EEG-fMRI to understand the link between brain metabolism and vascular health.
This series aims to provide a series of introductory educational seminars on advanced MRI methods that are relevant to the study of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI). Each session is scheduled to be 1 hour leaving time for discussion and questions, and is aimed at a broad scientific trainee audience working in the VCI field.
Schedule: biweekly on Tuesdays 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET from January 16 - March 26 2024
January 16: Part I – Introduction to Advanced MRI Methods for Vascular Cognitive Impairment - Speaker: Dr. Bruce Pike
January 30: Part II – Structural Imaging: White matter Hyperintensities, Microbleeds, and Morphometry - Speaker: Dr. Mahsa Dadar
February 13: Part III – BOLD fMRI: Task and Resting State - Speaker: Dr. Jean Chen
February 27: Part IV – CBF and CBV Techniques and Applications - Speaker: Dr. Kamil Uludag
March 12: Part V - Cerebrovascular Reactivity (CVR) and the Heart-Brain Axis - Speaker: Dr. Claudine Gauthier
March 26: Part VI - Potential Pitfalls in the Clinical Application of Advanced MRI methods: BOLD and ASL - Speakers: Dr. Erin Mazerolle and Dr. Avery Berman
April 9: Potential Tutorial/Workshop Session
Registration Required: https://ucalgary.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUldOmvqDoiH9TqRw-YvZjJ0ZHSKI0mJZV9#/registration