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HST.583 Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Data Acquisition and Analysis
Fall 2006
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HST.583: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Data Acquisition and Analysis, Fall 2006
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Course Director: Dr. Randy Gollub.
HST 583: fMRI Acquisition LAB
Sept 11, 2006, 1:00-4:00
1:00 – 1:30 Safety Video
-Q/A
-Sign visitor screening forms
1:30 – 2:00 Introduction
Introductions to MIT MRI team: (Christina/Sheeba/Steve/Susan)
Task Descriptions: (Self reference, Sensorimotor, Breath holding
Sternberg Item Recognition Paradigm)
Select 2 volunteers (Native English speakers)
1:45 – 2:00:
Subject Training & Preparation (Subs)
Consent (SG)
Screen (SG)
Train Subjects on Tasks (SA)
Subjects change clothes.
Subjects use restrooms.
Class Divides
Safety & Tour (Class, Steve)
Metal screen
Tour Console & MRI rooms
Register Subject on Console
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2:00 – 2:45
Run First Subject:
(MIT team)
Steve – console
Sheeba – stim presentation
Susan –tasks, example activations
Protocol:
Localizer/AA Scout (2min)
MPRAGE (4min)
Field Map, Phase & Magnitude (2min)
Cognitive (Self ref - 12 min)
Sensorimotor x2 (8min)
Breath holding (4min)
SIRP (6min)
--------------------------------38 minutes total acquisition
+ instructions/setup
--------------------------------TOTAL: 45 minutes
Debrief Subject (Susan)
3:00 – 3:45 Run Second Volunteer Subject (MIT team)
Same Protocol
Subject Debriefing
3:45 – 4:00 Data transfer & backup (CT)
Cite as: Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli, HST.583 Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Data Acquisition and Analysis, Fall 2006.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), http://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed MM DD, YYYY). License: Creative
Commons BY-NC-SA.