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= Los Angeles, USA: October 26-27, 2015 =
BrainSuite/Brainstorm two-day training session.

== General information ==
'''Where:''' USC University Park Campus | [[attachment:usc_map.pdf|Campus map]] <<BR>> Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Building (EEB), Ground floor, Room 132 <<BR>> 3740 McClintock Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089

'''When:''' <<BR>>BrainSuite: Monday Oct 26, 9am-4:30pm<<BR>>Brainstorm: Tuesday Oct 27, 8:30am-5:30pm

'''Instructors:''' <<BR>>BrainSuite: David Shattuck (UCLA), Richard Leahy (USC), Anand Joshi (USC), Justin Haldar (USC), Soyoung Choi (USC), Shantanu Joshi (UCLA), Chitresh Bhushan (USC). <<BR>>Brainstorm: [[AboutUs/FrancoisTadel|Francois Tadel]], [[AboutUs/ElizabethBock|Elizabeth Bock]] (Montreal Neurological Institute / McGill)

'''Target audience:''' Everyone interested in multimodal brain imaging. On day 1, the course will feature anatomical MRI analyses (from tissue segmentation to diffusion, tractography and connectivity. Day 2 will be dedicated to MEG/EEG imaging.

'''Participation fees''': Free

'''Maximum attendance:''' 50

== Requirements ==
The  participants are required to <<HTML(<FONT color=red>)>> '''bring a laptop''' <<HTML(</FONT>)>>  (an external mouse will add to your comfort). In order to make the  session as efficient as possible, we ask  all the attendees to <<HTML(<FONT color=red>)>>'''download, install and test'''<<HTML(</FONT>)>> the software and sample  dataset on their  laptops prior to the workshop.

Please read carefully the following  instructions:<<BR>>[[WorkshopLosAngeles2015Install|How to prepare your laptop for the training]]

== Day 1: BrainSuite ==
'''9.00-10:00am:           Set-up'''

 * Come early if you need help           setting up Brainsuite on your laptop

'''10:00-10:15am:           Brainsuite overview'''

'''10:15-11:15am:           Brainsuite GUI: surface           extraction and visualization                 '''

 * Overview
 * Cortical surface extraction,           interactive refinement and parameter selection.
 * Visualization of volume and           surface data

'''11:15-12:00pm:           Atlases, surface and volume           labelling'''

 * Overview
 * The BCI-DNI atlas and creating           your own atlases
 * Running Svreg – surface and           volume labelling
 * Output files and their uses

'''__12:00-1:00pm:             Lunch break__''''''__ & invidual             exploration of test data with             Brainsuite__'''

'''1:00-2:00pm:           Processing diffusion data '''

 * Alignment and           distortion-correction of diffusion images with BDP
 * Computing tensors and ODFs           with BDP
 * Generation and visualization           of fiber tracks in Brainsuite
 * ROI-based connectivity           analysis with Brainsuite using standard and custom atlases

'''2.00-2.30pm:           Hands on exploration of           diffusion data '''

'''2.30-3.30pm:           Batch processing and group statistical           analysis'''

 * Command           line and batch processing with Brainsuite
 * Group           analysis: available statistical models and their uses
 * Sample           data and exercises: surface-based morphometry, ROI-based           stats, tensor-based morphometry

'''3.30pm-4.30pm:           Hands on exploration of           statistical analysis package '''

== Day 2: Brainstorm ==
'''8:30-9:00am: Breakfast and laptop clinic'''

 * Come early for assistance in installing the material for the training session

'''9:00-10:00am: Brainstorm overview'''

 * Software architecture
 * Typical data workflow

'''10:00-10:45am: Hands-on training begins'''

 * Database explorer
 * Importing MRI volumes, surfaces and atlases
 * Introduction to anatomical atlases

'''10:45-11:00am: Coffee break'''

'''11:00-1:00pm: Hands-on training'''

 * Co-registration MEG/MRI
 * Reviewing continuous recordings
 * Artifact  detection and correction
 * Filtering and epoching
 * Averaging, observation of a typical  somatosensory evoked response

__'''1:00-2:00pm: Lunch break'''__''' (meal not provided)'''

'''2:00-3:30pm: Hands-on training resumes'''

 * Head modeling, cortical source reconstruction
 * Definition of ROIs, tracking the processing of the sensory information at the cortex level
 * Time-frequency analysis

'''3:30-4:00pm: Coffee break'''

'''4:00-5:30pm: Advanced topics and open discussion'''

 * Functional connectivity
 * Group analysis and statistics
 * Advanced scripting interface

== Registration form ==
[[WorkshopLosAngeles2015Reg|View list of registered participants]]

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