The ‘fMRI data analysis with FreeSurfer and Matlab ’ workshop, was held on September 26-29.

The ‘fMRI data analysis with FreeSurfer and Matlab ’ workshop, was held in national brain mapping lab on September 26-29.

Lecturers:

• Dr. Reza Rajimehr
• Dr. Hamed Nili
• Dr. Shahin Nasr
• Dr. Rouhollah abdollahi
• Dr. Elahe yargholi
• Ladan Shahshahani
• Armin Maddah

Topics:

First day

• Introduction to the workshop – Dr. Reza Rajimehr
• Tour of National Brain Mapping Lab – Dr. Hossein-Zadeh and NBML team
• A brief tutorial on Linux (optional) – Dr. Reza Rajimehr and Armin Maddah
• Structural MRI analysis and cortical surface reconstruction in Freesurfer – Dr. Reza Rajimehr
• Visualization of anatomical volumes and surfaces in Freesurfer – Dr. Reza Rajimehr and Dr. Elahe’ Yargholi

Second day

• Basics of fMRI analysis – Dr. Reza Rajimehr
• Preprocessing of fMRI data in FsFast – Dr. Reza Rajimehr and Dr. Elahe’ Yargholi
• Functional-anatomical registration – Dr. Reza Rajimehr
• Single-subject analysis of fMRI data in FsFast – Dr. Reza Rajimehr and Dr. Elahe’ Yargholi
• Visualization of functional maps – Dr. Reza Rajimehr and Dr. Elahe’ Yargholi

Third day

• Group-level analysis of fMRI data in FsFast – Dr. Elahe’ Yargholi
• Region-of-interest analysis – Dr. Reza Rajimehr
• Transfer of structural and functional data between Freesurfer and Matlab – Dr. Reza Rajimehr
• Functional connectivity and network analysis - Ladan Shahshahani
• Retinotopic mapping – Dr. Rouhollah Abdollahi

Fourth day

• Multi-voxel pattern analysis – Dr. Hamed Nili
• Representational similarity analysis – Dr. Hamed Nili
• Advanced topics and statistical issues in fMRI data analysis – Dr. Hamed Nili
• High-resolution fMRI – Dr. Shahin Nasr
• Conclusion of the workshop – Dr. Reza Rajimehr