Montreal, Canada: August 19-20, 2021
Virtual Brainstorm training session, MEG-oriented.
General information
| Where | Zoom. |
| When | Thursday, August 19th 2021: 9:30-17:00 Friday, August 20th 2021: 9:30-16:00 |
| Instructors | Martin Cousineau, Elizabeth Bock, Sylvain Baillet (Montreal Neurological Institute / McGill) |
| Audience | Users interested in analyzing MEG/EEG/sEEG recordings using Brainstorm. Some experience with MEG/EEG is recommended. Teaching in English. Number of participants: 50 |
| Fees | 100 CAD (students) / 150 CAD (staff and faculty) Payment Instructions |
| Slides | MEG@McGill | Introduction | Walkthrough |
Requirements
The participants are required to bring a laptop (an external mouse will add to your comfort). In order to make the session as efficient as possible, we ask all the attendees to download, install and test the software and sample dataset on their laptops prior to the workshop.
Please read carefully the following instructions:
How to prepare your laptop for the training
Program:
| 9:30-9:45 | Overview of the MEG program at the MNI by Elizabeth Bock |
| 9:45-10:45 | Brainstorm overview Software structure, typical data workflow |
| 10:45-11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00-12:00 | Hands-on training Database explorer MRI volumes, surfaces and anatomical atlases Registration MEG/MRI Review of continuous MEG recordings |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-15:00 | Hands-on training Frequency filters Artifact detection Artifact correction with SSP Averaging, exploring the evoked response Head modeling, cortical source reconstruction Regions of interest (ROIs) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30-17:30 | Hands-on training Time-frequency analysis Functional connectivity Advanced scripting interface |
| 17:30-18:00 | Questions |
We provide a detailed step-by-step walkthrough of the data analyses performed at the training.