[BIC-announce] A new initiative: fMRI at sub-mm resolution @ the BIC

[Amir Shmuel, Dr.]

Good morning, everyone,

The majority of fMRI studies at the BIC use voxels with ~2 mm-long edges.
Using the 7 Tesla scanner, we can image at a sub-millimeter resolution.
This resolution allows probing the activity in cortical columns and acquiring cortical depth-dependent activity (“laminar” fMRI).

I am initiating a study/work/interest group to facilitate high-resolution fMRI at the BIC.
In the meetings, we will discuss the topics mentioned below and will present relevant papers.

The topics we will discuss include:

  1.  What should we do before starting high-resolution fMRI?
  2.  How to design a high-resolution fMRI paradigm?
  3.  Methods and parameters for acquiring high-resolution fMRI data (in collaboration with Ilana)
  4.  Real-time analysis of high-resolution fMRI data during data acquisition
  5.  Methods for denoising and quality control of high-resolution fMRI data
  6.  Methods for analyzing high-resolution functional MRI data
  7.  Strategies to reduce subject movements
  8.  Strategies for motion correction with small fMRI volumes
  9.  Methods for aligning small fMRI volumes to the structural images

With the support of Dr. Sethu Boopathy from my lab, we will offer commonly used pipelines and custom-made pipelines for items 4 - 9.

PIs and trainees who are/might be interested: please contact me.

Regards,
Amir Shmuel
PI, CFI funded Quebec Centre for High Field (7T) Brain Imaging

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