[BIC-announce] Fwd: CRBLM Workshop : Resting-state analysis

[Sylvain Baillet, Dr]

FYI Folks.

Have a great weekend everyone,

Sylvain.


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From: CRBLM Coordinator <crblm.scsd at MCGILL.CA<mailto:crblm.scsd at MCGILL.CA>>
Subject: CRBLM Workshop : Resting-state analysis
Date: January 8, 2016 at 1:38:17 PM GMT-5
To: <CRBLM at LISTS.MCGILL.CA<mailto:CRBLM at LISTS.MCGILL.CA>>
Reply-To: CRBLM Coordinator <crblm.scsd at MCGILL.CA<mailto:crblm.scsd at MCGILL.CA>>

 CRBLM Workshop
Thomas Gisiger

CRBLM Research Associate

Resting-state analysis





Date:

January 29, 2016

Time:

10h

Location:

Rabinovitch House<https://goo.gl/maps/wgC2ZVKgim42>, room 101



3640, de la Montagne





MRI scanning of subjects at rest is becoming an important tool for investigating brain function, connectivity and plasticity. However, due to the low signal to noise ratio of the measure of the blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) contrast, and because there is no task period to use as a regressor, resting-state data has to be processed and interpreted differently than the typical functional MRI signal. The BOLD signal needs to be filtered and cleaned using various confound regressions so that statistical maps that robustly quantify correlations between the activity in brain regions can be computed.

To streamline these processes, the CRBLM has created a seed-based resting-state analysis pipeline that automatically performs all the necessary computations to analyze resting-state data. This pipeline can be used on any number of subjects, sessions and conditions. It also permits the user to verify the results computed at each step. It can be used to compute functional connectivity maps at the single subject level and also to study changes in functional connectivity between groups.

The pipeline, written by Thomas Gisiger, is a bash script that can run on any Mac or LINUX station where FSL (free fMRI analysis software) and Matlab (equipped with the signal-processing toolbox) are installed. Only minimal knowledge of FSL, and none of Matlab, is required to use it. The software, and initial technical support, is available to our members upon request.

For those interested in running their own resting-state analysis, CRBLM will present a 90 minute theoretical workshop that illustrates how to install the pipeline on a Mac station, what it does, and how to use it the for various types of analyses. I will also discuss the distinction between regression and correlation when computing functional connectivity, describe new pipeline features such as detecting and masking volumes with outlier motion, and also answer any questions about the pipeline's workings and how to use it.

To register, please follow this link<http://www.crblm.ca/events/workshop_restingstate_analysis>.





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