ClassInfo - Spring 2021 Psychology Classes

Spring 2021 | PSY 5065 Section 001: Functional Imaging: Hands-on Training (63744)

Instructor(s): Cheryl Olman
Class Component:: Laboratory
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: Instructor Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: Partially Online
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021

Fri 01:25PM - 04:25PM

UMTC, East Bank

Science Teaching Student Svcs 432

01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021

UMTC, East Bank

UMN ONLINE-HYB
Enrollment Status:: Open (23 of 24 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: Basic neuroimaging techniques/functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). First half of semester covers basic physical principles. Second half students design/execute fMRI experiment on Siemens 3 Tesla scanner. prereq: [3801 or equiv], [3061 or NSCI 3101], instr consent
Class Notes:: This course has two components. The lecture will be completely online in an asynchronous format. There will be no scheduled meeting times. The labs will be in-person at the scheduled times.
Class Description:: Course goals. By the end of the semester, students will: - be comfortable with the hardware and software in the MR environment, to ensure safe operation and selection of the right equipment for a given experiment. - be acquainted with the fundamental physical principles behind magnetic resonance imaging - understand the possible types of image contrast and their uses in neuroscience - be adept at modifying pulse sequence parameters to balance the inevitable trade-offs between signal-to-noise ratio, resolution and acquisition time. - know how to modify an experimental protocol to minimize the impact of distortion and signal loss due to magnetic field inhomogeneities. Logistics. Format is lecture, group discussion, terminal work (computational simulations in the classroom) and lab work (scheduled separately at the CMRR). Background readings will be selected from either current journal articles or the following texts, and made available a week before the start of the module. Weekly assignments Short problem sets will be handed out during each lecture and due the next week. They are designed to provide concrete instantiations of the material covered in the lecture and lab and will vary in format: short-answer, multiple choice, matching, calculation and/or data simulation/analysis. Matlab(TM)-based simulations and demonstrations will be used heavily in lecture and assignments. Mid-term and Final exams Both mid-term and final exams will each consist of three multi-part questions, one for each module covered in the 1st (midterm) and 2nd (final) half of the semester. Exams will be open book, but will be short answer and require only pen and paper to complete. Format will vary, but will include matching images to pulse sequence diagrams, describing the origins of depicted artifacts, and providing brief definitions of technical terms.
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/63744/1213
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 19 November 2010

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