Scientific Agenda

Please see below the schedule for the March 27/28, 2025 course.

 

Day 1 – Thursday March 27, 2025

7:30 – 8:00 am     Registration and fMRI screening form.

Coffee for Registrants

 


ESSENTIALS OF FMRI IMAGING


8:00 – 8:15          Welcome and overview of the 2-day fMRI-DTI course
                            Scott H. Faro, MD, FASFNR
 

8:15 – 9:00          Introduction to BOLD, Paradigm Design and General Linear Model 

    for Task Based BOLD fMRI

                             Christopher Conk.in, Ph.D.

9:00 – 9:15          Presenting BOLD fMRI Data-Statistical Processing Strategies
                            Devon Middleton, PhD

9:15 – 10:00        Clinical Overview of Motor and Language BOLD fMRI - Paradigms, 

   Statistics, Interpretation and Reporting

                            Scott H. Faro, MD, FASFNR


10:00 - 10:15      Coffee Break

10:15 – 11:00       Clinical case review of BOLD fMRI 

                            Kiran S. Talekar, MD, MBBS, FASFNR

11:00 – 11:20       Review of Neurovascular Uncoupling (NVU) in BOLD fMRI

                            Joga Chaganti, MD

11:20 – 12:15 pm   Lunch 


AFTERNOON PRESENTATIONS

 

12:15 pm – 1:45 pm       Participating in fMRI scanning on our Prisma 3T 

                                        

LANGUAGE DATA PROCESSING


1:45 – 3:15          Practical Exercises on Language Data Processing and Review

                           Devon Middleton, PhD

                           - Step by Step Lecture
    

   Support Faculty:
    Mahdi Alizadeh, PhD,
    Sara Naghizadehkashani, MD,
    Zahra Sedeghi-Adl, MS (PhD student)

    Sahar Monadi, MD,

    Spandanas Tammiraju, MD
    Feroze B. Mohamed, PhD, FASFNR

3:15 – 3:30         Coffee Break

 

RESTING STATE FMRI

3:30 – 4:00          Introduction to Resting state fMRI (rsfMRI)

                            Mahdi Alizadeh, Ph.D.


4:00 – 4:15          Introduction to ICA for rsfMRI

                            Sara Naghizadehkashani, MD 

4:15 – 5:15          Practical Exercise on Resting State Analysis

                        Mahdi Alizadeh, Ph.D. and Sara Naghizadehkashani, MD 

                           - Step by Step Lecture

Support Faculty:

Devon Middleton, PhD,
Sara Naghizadehkashani, MD,
Zahra Sedeghi-Adl, MS

Sahar Monadi, MD,

Spandanas Tammiraju, MD,
Feroze B. Mohamed, PhD, FASFNR 

5:15 – 5:30          Review SPM Processing and Resting State fMRI with Q&A Session   

  All Faculty

5:30 pm               First day Workshop Concludes


5:30 pm +            Join us for a cocktail reception at a local restaurant.



Day 2Friday March 28, 2025

ESSENTIALS OF DTI/TRACTOGRAPHY IMAGING


8:00 am– 8:05      Welcome
                              Scott H. Faro, MD, FASFNR


DTI-TRACTOGRAPHY

8:05 – 8:45          Introduction to Physical Principles of DTI/Tractography
                            Mahdi Alizadeh, Ph.D.


8:45 – 9:30          Review of anatomy and cognitive features of Key White Matter Tracts   

       Scott H. Faro, MD, FASFNR


9:30 – 10:00        Key clinical white matter tracts

                             Michael Hoch, MD


10:00 -10:15       Coffee Break


10:15 -11:00          Clinical fMRI/DTI case-based review 

                          Kiran Talekar, MD


11:00 -11:30          Neurosurgery Prospective of fMRI-DTI Brain mapping 

                             Kevin Judy, MD


11:30 -12 pm         Advanced DTI/Tractography for Neuromodulation in complex motion disorders.   

                          Chengyuan Wu, MD

     

12 – 1 pm           Manufacture Lunch Presentations 


AFTERNOON PRESENTATIONS


1:00 -2:30           Manufactures Hands on Review: Session 1

                           The attendees will be separated into 3-4 small groups to allow    

                              you to take your time with the manufacturers.


2:30 – 2:45         Coffee Break


2:45 – 4:15         Manufactures Hands on Review: Session 2

4:15 – 4:30          Final review of clinical fMRI-DTI with Q&A    All Faculty