From belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca Mon Aug 3 10:51:49 2009 From: belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca (Belinda Preziosi, Ms.) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:51:49 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] REMINDER - SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR PET PROTOCOLS Message-ID: <7BE65C8DED23B143929E4A34C4723F73018D108983@EXMBXVS1.campus.mcgill.ca> To: B.I.C. Personnel From: Belinda Preziosi Date: August 3rd, 2009 Subject: REMINDER - SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR PET PROTOCOLS Hello, Please note that if you have any new or re-submission protocols for review by the PET Working Committee, Fifteen (15) copies of the protocol along with both the English and French consent forms (one copy, only, of the French Consent Form) must be submitted by Friday, August 7th, 2009 in Webster 218 (please note the change from WB220). For the most recent version of the Protocols and English and French Consent Forms, please see: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/admin/protocols. Regards Jean Paul Soucy Belinda Preziosi Administrative Coordinator McConnell Brain Imaging Center Montreal Neurological Institute Room WB218 3801 University Montreal, QC H3A 2B4 Tel: (514) 398-1585 Fax: (514) 398-8948 Email: belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca Joignez-vous ? nous en 2009 pour c?l?brer le 75e anniversaire du Neuro! Join us in 2009 as we celebrate the Neuro's 75th anniversary! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20090803/2e66e196/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT25624777.txt Url: http://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20090803/2e66e196/attachment.txt From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Aug 3 16:10:03 2009 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 16:10:03 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?FW=3A_RAPPEL/REMINDER=3A__RBIQ_-_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=C9cole_d=27=E9t=E9_2009_/_QBIN_-_Summer_School_2009?= Message-ID: Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 ________________________________ From: Francine B?langer [mailto:francine.belanger at criugm.qc.ca] Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 2:36 PM To: Maria Zacchia; Jennifer Chew, Ms.; 'H?l?ne Collerette' Subject: RAPPEL/REMINDER: RBIQ - ?cole d'?t? 2009 / QBIN - Summer School 2009 Il ne reste que 4 jours pour vous inscrire (?ch?ance: 7 ao?t) / You have only 4 days left to register (Deadline: August 7th) RBIQ - ?COLE D'?T? EN IMAGERIE C?R?BRALE / 10-14 ao?t 2009 Le r?seau de Bio-Imagerie du Qu?bec est fier d'annoncer la tenue de sa premi?re ?cole d'?t? qui portera sur l'imagerie c?r?brale?. Chercheurs, ?tudiants, personnel de recherche y sont les bienvenus. Voici le programme propos? : 1) IRMf: Richard Hoge, Universit? de Montr?al; Ziad Saad, Ph.D., Scientific & Statistical Computing Core National Institute of Mental Health, NIH; Randy Buckner, Ph.D., Harvard University; Peter Fox, M.D., University of Texas at San Antonio 2) IRMa: Gary H. Glover, Ph.D., Stanford University; Alan C. Evans, Ph.D., McGill University; Philip SHAW, M.D., Ph.D. NIMH, Bethesda, USA. 3) Application pratique: Jorge Armony, Ph.D., McGill University Douglas Mental Health University Institute; Ziad Saad, Ph.D., Scientific & Statistical Computing Core National Institute of Mental Health, NIH; Brian Patenaude, Ph.D., Neurobehavioral Research Inc.. 4) TEP: Roger Lecomte, Ph.D., Universit? de Sherbrooke; Richard E. Carson, Ph.D., Yale University; David Eidelberg, M.D., New York University School of Medicine; Kirk Frey, M.D., Ph.D., The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 5) MEG / EEG: Pierre Jolicoeur, Ph.D., Universit? de Montr?al; Scott Makeig, Ph.D., Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of California San Diego; Jean Gotman, Ph.D., Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University; Gregory V. Simpson, Ph.D., University of California San Francisco. Vous trouverez les informations et le formulaire d'inscription sur le site www.rbiq-qbin.qc.ca. Organisateurs : Dr. Julien Doyon, Universit? de Montr?al et Dr Alan C. Evans, Universit? McGill. ------------------------------------------------- QBIN - SUMMER SCHOOL IN BRAIN IMAGING / August 10-14, 2009 The Quebec Bio-Imaging Network is proud to announce its first Summer School on Brain Imaging taking place from August 10-14, 2009 in Montreal. Trainees and researchers are welcome. This event will cover 1) fMRI: Richard Hoge, Universit? de Montr?al; Ziad Saad, Ph.D., Scientific & Statistical Computing Core National Institute of Mental Health, NIH; Randy Buckner, Ph.D., Harvard University; Peter Fox, M.D., University of Texas at San Antonio 2) aMRI: Gary H. Glover, Ph.D., Stanford University; Alan C. Evans, Ph.D., McGill University; Philip SHAW, M.D., Ph.D. NIMH, Bethesda, USA. 3) Hands-on: Jorge Armony, Ph.D., McGill University Douglas Mental Health University Institute; Ziad Saad, Ph.D., Scientific & Statistical Computing Core National Institute of Mental Health, NIH; Brian Patenaude, Ph.D., Neurobehavioral Research Inc.. 4) PET: Roger Lecomte, Ph.D., Universit? de Sherbrooke; Richard E. Carson, Ph.D., Yale University; David Eidelberg, M.D., New York University School of Medicine; Kirk Frey, M.D., Ph.D., The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 5) MEG / EEG: Pierre Jolicoeur, Ph.D., Universit? de Montr?al; Scott Makeig, Ph.D., Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of California San Diego; Jean Gotman, Ph.D., Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University; Gregory V. Simpson, Ph.D., University of California San Francisco. For details and registration, please go to www.rbiq-qbin.qc.ca. Organizers: Dr. Julien Doyon, Universit? de Montr?al and Dr. Alan C. 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URL: http://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20090807/35d63ef4/attachment.html From belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca Mon Aug 17 12:10:51 2009 From: belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca (Belinda Preziosi, Ms.) Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:10:51 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR PET PROTOCOLS Message-ID: <7BE65C8DED23B143929E4A34C4723F7301B25A5934@EXMBXVS1.campus.mcgill.ca> To: B.I.C. Personnel From: Belinda Preziosi Date: August 17th, 2009 Subject: SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR PET PROTOCOLS Hello, Please note that if you have any new or re-submission protocols for review by the PET Working Committee, Fifteen (15) copies of the protocol along with both the English and French consent forms (one copy, only, of the French Consent Form) must be submitted by Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 in Webster 218. For the most recent version of the Protocols and English and French Consent Forms, please see: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/admin/protocols. Regards Jean Paul Soucy Belinda Preziosi Administrative Coordinator McConnell Brain Imaging Center Montreal Neurological Institute Room WB218 3801 University Montreal, QC H3A 2B4 Tel: (514) 398-1585 Fax: (514) 398-8948 Email: belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca Joignez-vous ? nous en 2009 pour c?l?brer le 75e anniversaire du Neuro! Join us in 2009 as we celebrate the Neuro's 75th anniversary! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20090817/11c63554/attachment.htm From clio.pitula at mail.mcgill.ca Wed Aug 19 17:03:42 2009 From: clio.pitula at mail.mcgill.ca (Clio Pitula, Ms) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:03:42 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Looking for PET slots! Message-ID: Hi all, Tal Ben-Simhon and myself are looking for any extra PET scanning times we can get (who isn't?) for our raclopride study (working with Dr. Dagher). I am aware that there are last minute cancellations that occur, so I was hoping that you could add our names to the list of people you contact in the event of a cancellation, i.e., when a scan becomes available. We will be happy to do the same for you. My email address is clio.pitula at mail.mcgill.ca; Tal's is tal.ben-simhon at mail.mcgill.ca. Thanks, Clio Pitula Research Assistant Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery Montreal Neurological Institute From ives at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Mon Aug 24 11:09:04 2009 From: ives at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Ives LEVESQUE) Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:09:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BIC-announce] PhD defense Message-ID: PhD Defense - Ives Levesque, (Supervisor: Bruce Pike) Tuesday, August 25th 2009, 14:00 R.E. Bell Conference Room (room 103), Rutherford Physics Building Title: Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of magnetization transfer and T2 relaxation in human white matter pathology Abstract: The primary aim of this thesis is the reconciliation of two seemingly disparate quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques proposed to characterize human brain white matter (WM) in health and disease. Quantitative magnetization transfer imaging (QMTI) and multi-component analysis of T2 relaxation (QT2) both attempt to quantify myelin content in vivo, but are based on fundamentally different models of WM. QMTI probes the macromolecular component of tissue using a two-pool model of magnetization transfer, while QT2 isolates the water signal from distinct micro-anatomical compartments. The specific objectives were to determine the interrelationship between measurements made with both techniques in the context of potential pathological changes associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), and to apply both to track WM changes in the acute phase of MS lesions. First, simulations were used to evaluate the theoretical sensitivity of each technique to the characteristics of a model of WM that incorporates four pools of magnetization, based on published in vitro measurements. Next, the experimental reproducibility of each technique was investigated, and the impact of certain basic variations in the data acquisition and analysis procedures was evaluated. In the final stage, both methods were applied longitudinally in vivo to assess the dynamic changes that occur in acute, contrast-enhancing lesions of MS. The theoretical results illustrate the sensitivity and limitations of QMTI and QT2 to specific pathology-inspired modi#cations of WM, and shed new light on the potential speci#city of often-neglected QMTI parameters. The reproducibility of both techniques is acceptable for use in repeated clinical measurements, and QMTI has lower variability overall. The importance of corrections for magnetic field inhomogeneity in QMTI is demonstrated, and a simple optimization of the QMTI data acquisition is introduced. Both techniques were sensitive to active disease pathology in the longitudinal study of MS patients. Overall, this thesis demonstrates the complementary nature and usefulness of QMTI and QT2 in the characterization of the natural disease course of a degenerative disease of the human central nervous system. With further refinement, these techniques could play an important role in the study of other diseases, and have the potential to serve as outcome measures in clinical trials. ----------------------------------------------------------- Ives R. Levesque, MSc McGill University NeuroImaging Lab, MNI 3801 University, WB-325 ives at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Montreal, Quebec Tel: (514) 398-8547 Canada H3A 2B4 www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/users/ives -----------------------------------------------------------