[Imageworld] Freesurfer Tutorial and Workshop, Martinos Center, MGH

[Lilla Zollei]

FreeSurfer Tutorial and Workshop
January 20 & 21, 2009

Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
149 Thirteenth Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA

Registration deadline is January 5, 2009. The fee for the two-day course is
$300. Please visit our course webpage for registration information,
https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/CourseDescription

The FreeSurfer Development Team is hosting a two-day course for beginner and
experienced users of FreeSurfer. Day 1 will be an introduction to FreeSurfer
(or a refresher for those more experienced). Day 2 will cover everything you
need to know for analyzing your data. Topics are listed below. Registration
deadline is January 5, 2009. There are only 24 available spots for this
course.

Laptops will be provided which will have FreeSurfer and data already
installed. You may bring your own laptop and/or your own data, however it is
advised you install FreeSurfer on it and test it ahead of time. There will
be time at the end of Day 1 to learn how to install FreeSurfer but please
keep in mind that there might not be enough time to resolve any specific
technical issues that may arise.

Day 1: Introduction to FreeSurfer
* Unix Tutorial (optional)
* Introduction to FreeSurfer
* FreeSurfer Applications
* Reliability/Validation of FreeSurfer
* Analyzing the Individual Subject
* Interaction with Individual Subject Data
* Group Analysis/GLM
* QDEC
* Multiple Comparisons
* Group Analysis Interactive Tutorial
* FreeSurfer Installation on Personal Laptops (optional)
* Start Processing Your Own Data (optional)

Day 2: Advanced FreeSurfer: Working with Various Data Types

* Registration for Multi-Modal Integration
* Working with fMRI and Diffusion Data
* Working with Different Format Types
* Segmentation/ROI Analysis
* Working with FreeSurfer Stats
* Surface-Based Multi-Modal Analysis
* Bug Reporting
* Question and Answer Session
* Future Directions of FreeSurfer
* Inferring architecontonic boundaries from in vivo MRI - Bruce Fischl
* Combined Volume and Surface Registration - Lilla Zollei
* Tractography of Underlying Anatomy (TRACULA) - Anastasia Yendiki

Lecturers and Staff
* Bruce Fischl
* Doug Greve
* David Salat
* Nick Schmansky
* Allison Stevens
* Krish Subramaniam
* Koen Van Leemput
* Anastasia Yendiki
* Lilla Zollei