[BIC-announce] NEW course

[Francine Belanger, Mme]

We are pleased to announce our new course, starting in January 2019: BMDE-660 Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy of the Brain.

Course description:
This course focuses on advanced magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy (MRI/S) acquisition techniques to investigate the structure, connectivity, chemistry and physiology of the brain. It will provide students with an in-depth understanding of data acquisition and reconstruction techniques, scanner hardware, and contrast mechanisms. The course will focus on neuroscience applications.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of this course, students will:

  1.  Know a variety of MRI/S data acquisition and reconstruction techniques.
  2.  Understand MRI/S contrast mechanisms and how they related to brain structure, function, connectivity and chemistry.
  3.  Understand the trade-offs between different MRI/S techniques in terms of data quality, acquisition efficiency and biological specificity.
  4.  Be able to evaluate data quality and identify sources of artifacts.
  5.  Be able to optimize an MRI/S protocol for a given study.
  6.  Be able to critically evaluate new imaging and spectroscopy techniques.
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 241 Signal Processing, ECSE 304 Signals and Systems 2 or ECSE 306 Fundamentals of Signals and Systems
PHYS 242 Electricity and Magnetism or ECSE 251 Electric and Magnetic Fields

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Best regards,

Profs Christine Tardif, David Rudko and Jamie Near
Department of Biomedical Engineering
McGill University
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