The Fourth International Workshop on Metabolic Imaging
30th July - 1st August, 2014
30th July - 1st August, 2014
The 2015 International Pulmonary Imaging Workshop
5th - 7th March, 2015
5th - 7th March, 2015
Friday, July 12, 2013
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The Dory Yochum Scholarship
The Dory Yochum Scholarship
MentorNet to award $5000 to an outstanding woman protege in STEM
MentorNet announced today that it will award $5000 to an outstanding woman protege in honor of its long time champion and Chair of the Board of Directors, Dory S. Yochum.
On December 5, 2010, MentorNet was profoundly saddened to lose Dory. She worked for 32 years at AT&T Labs, rising to the position of Vice-President and Chief Operations Officer. She also served on the Board of Fraser Research and as Chief Administrative Officer of PalmSource. Dory was a leader in research and technology and an exemplar for our protégés and mentors. To honor and promote her legacy, MentorNet has launched this first annual Dory S. Yochum Scholarship.
To be eligible, a candidate must be a woman currently pursuing any postsecondary degree in any field of science, technology, engineering or math at a partnering campus or society and a current or former protege of MentorNet.
To be eligible, a candidate must be a woman currently pursuing any postsecondary degree in any field of science, technology, engineering or math at a partnering campus or society and a current or former protege of MentorNet.
Apply by May 15, 2013 by sending an email to DoryPrize@mentornet.netwith the following:
- A description of your experience as a MentorNet protégé, your current status and pursuits as a student, and your career ambitions. Your entry can be in any medium:video or animation (no more than 2 minutes),audio (no more than 5 minutes), ortext (no more than one page);
- Recommendation from a MentorNet mentor;
- Resume or curriculum vitae, including your contact information
- DEADLINE MAY 15, 2013
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
4th Scientific Symposium on Clinical Needs, Research Promises and Technical Solutions in Ultrahigh Field Magnetic Resonance
we are very much delighted to announce the 4th Scientific Symposium on Clinical Needs, Research Promises and Technical Solutions in Ultrahigh Field Magnetic Resonance, which will be held on Friday, May 31st 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Please save the date.
Goals and ObjectivesThe symposium is designed to provide an overview of state-of-the-art (pre)clinical ultrahigh field (UHF) MR, to discuss the clinical relevance of UHF MR, to explore future directions of UHF MR, to foster explorations into ultrahigh field MR and to initiate local, regional, national and international collaboration. The symposium is designed to attract basic scientists, clinicians with all levels of experience and expertise ranging from students interested in imaging to advanced users and applications experts.
Scientific ProgramThe scientific program comprises 4 sessions, all balancing technical developments and clinical applications. We are very much honored to present extraordinary (inter)national speakers including MR technology leaders and distinguished clinical experts, all bridging disciplinary boundaries and stimulating the imaging community to throw further weight behind the solution of unsolved problems and unmet clinical needs.
Poster SessionThe scientific program will be paralleled by a poster session. We wish to encourage those of you who are prepared to walk the extra mileage. The best posters will be rewarded with a poster award. We are eagerly looking forward to your poster contributions.
Technical Exhibition and Social EventThe symposium will be supplemented by a technical exhibition, by an open day of the Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.) as well as a social event.
Pre-Symposium Workshop on RF Coil DesignThis year's symposium will be preceded by a workshop on RF coils: design, build and characterize your own. This workshop is part of the Lectures of MRI series of the European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB). The RF coil workshop provides an overview of designing, constructing and testing RF coils for both animal and human scanners. Practical sessions will cover approximately ~50% of the course, in which participants will learn to build and characterize surface coils and volume resonators of their particular interests. The hands-on course is designed for basic scientists and engineers but also invites clinicians, radiographers, applications specialists and other MR users interested in gaining a better insight into RF coil technology.
Professional Child CareOn a special note; many of us know first-hand how challenging it can be to balance the needs of our families with the mission to advance science. To this end we are very pleased to offer professional child care for the course of the symposium and the social event. Please do not hesitate to contact us so that we can provide further details.
We warmly invite you to join us for the 4th Annual Scientific Symposium on Ultrahigh Field MR in Berlin on May 31st2013. Please save the date. A visit to Berlin is always worth it. Alongside MR science, Berlin has numerous historical landmarks, cultural highlights and sport events to offer. Be Berlin.
Thoralf Niendorf Jeanette Schulz-Menger Bernd Ittertmann MDC & Charité Charité & Helios Clinic PTB
Berlin Berlin Berlin
Berlin Berlin Berlin
Monday, November 19, 2012
SCMR-ISMRM Joint Workshop: New Horizons in Highfield Cardiovascular MR: Promise and Progress
Dear all,
On behalf of the organizing committee, the Society of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) and the Cardiac MR and Highfield MR study groups of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) we would like to draw your attention to the upcoming SCMR-ISMRM Joint Workshop on
New Horizons in Highfield (B0≥3.0 Tesla) Cardiovascular MR: Promise and Progress
which will be held on January 30th/31st 2013 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, San Francisco, USA.
Opportunities for presenting your work during the scientific sessions!The workshops program balances invited talks with numerous oral abstract presentations as outlined in the attached agenda. For further details please see the PDF attachment or please visitwww.scmr.org.
Abstract submission site still open!Please be advised that the abstract submission site (http://scmr2013.abstractcentral.com/)
will be open throughout November 21st 11.59 p.m. EST.
Bridging Clinical Science and Basic ResearchThe purpose of the workshop is to connect cardiologists, radiologists, physicians, clinical scientists, basic researchers, MR engineers or physicists, cardiac MR applications specialists and MR technicians, bioengineers, physiologists and all fields related to theses disciplines with a focus on highfield MR techniques and methodology and their capabilities for advancing cardiac MR. The workshop is designed to provide a forum for disseminating information related to state-of-the-art highfield and ultrahigh field MR techniques regarding cardiovascular function, myocardial perfusion, MR angiography and flow in humans and small animals. The interdisciplinary and international faculty and audience will ensure that technologies and methodologies are communicated and shared for the purpose of advancing science and improving patient care while balancing technology developments with clinical applications and future directions.
Educational ObjectivesUpon completing this workshop, participants should be able to:
- Explain the basics of highfield cardiac MR; and identify, discuss and compare novel developments of highfield cardiac MR
- Examine and select methods used for assessment of myocardial perfusion and viability, for functional and microstructural imaging of the heart, for myocardial tissue characterization and for MR angiography and vessel wall imaging together with new dimensions in flow imaging flow at high fields
- Describe and explain challenges and differences of methods used for CMR at higher fields versus the counterparts used a lower magnetic field strengths
- Identify and summarize progress and promises of highfield CMR in small animals
- Recognize, describe and select opportunities of emerging highfield CMR technologies including early explorations into ultrahigh field CMR and real time imaging of the heart
- Discuss, practice and disseminate clinical applications of highfield CMR
We are looking forward to meet you in San Francisco,
Thoralf Niendorf, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular in Medicine, Berlin. GermanyDebiao Li, University of California Los Angeles and Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, USAPeter Kellman, Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, NHLBI, Bethesda, USA
Sunday, November 04, 2012
SOLAR-Eclipse Computational Tools for Imaging Genetics
PhD Studentship Available for October 2012
Applications are invited for a PhD studentship in Statistics at the University of Warwick, funded by a NIH RO1 grant, joint with University of Maryland, Baltimore.
Title: SOLAR-Eclipse Computational Tools for Imaging Genetics
Supervisors: Dr. Thomas Nichols (Warwick) and Dr. Peter Kochunov (U. Maryland Baltimore)
Funding: Tuition fees (at UK/EU level) and tax-free stipend for a 3.5 year PhD. Stipend rises annually as per the UK Research Councils minimum rate (£13,590 for 2011/11).
Start Date: October 2012
Project Description: Imaging genetics is an exciting merger of neuroscience and genomics, looking to discover and understand the genetic variation in brain imaging phenotypes. The over-all goal of this project is to create a new imaging genetic tool, that will allow the use of imaging data with classical genetic and epigenetic epidemiological analyses such as heritability, pleiotropy, quantitative trait loci (QTL) and genome-wide association (GWAS), gene expression, and methylation analyses. The project will extend the the widely used genetics SOLAR software, creating the "SOLAR-Eclipse" toolkit.
This studentship specifically concerns the development of inference methods that account for the genomic and spatial structure in the data analyzed. In particular, multiple testing methods that account for both the spatial nature of the signal and correlated noise structure. The methods must work with both independent samples (unrelated individuals) and pedigrees (related subjects). The methods developed will be ultimately be released as a standalone application and integrated into the existing neuroscience eScience networks. Such an integrate analysis package will greatly enhance and speed up the search for genes that influence brain's neuroanatomic and functional traits and provide comprehensive tools to illustrate pathways from genes to brain structure/function. It is expected that a combination of permutation and random field theory based methods will be developed to meet these goals. Grant pending final approval; studentship conditional on grant award.
Requirements: The studentship is available to candidates with the equivalent of a first class or upper second class degree in a relevant discipline, and who meet University entry requirements (see http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/academicoffice/gsp/prospective ).
Eligibility: UK or EU nationals. Non-EU nationals can apply, but would be responsible for the difference between UK/EU fees and international fees.
To Apply: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/postgrad/research/apply (and please notify Dr. Nichols t.e.nichols@warwick.ac.uk when application is submitted)
Deadline: Applications are considered on rolling basis, up until 31 July 2012, but priority given to applications received before 15 April.
Inquires: Specific questions on this project should be directed to Thomas Nicholst.e.nichols@warwick.ac.uk; questions on the postgraduate application process at Warwick should be directed to stats.pg.support@warwick.ac.uk
Links:
- Peter Kochunov recently moved to University of Maryland Baltimore. For more on his work see his lab's profile from U. Texas Health Science Center.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Educational Workshop on Resting State Connectivity
Magdeburg – September 3rd and 4th 2012
We are proud to announce the
Resting State Educational Workshop
taking place right before the 3rd Biennial Resting State Conference – September 5-7 2012.
The
2-day educational workshop, organized together with the ESMRMB –
Lectures on MR Series, will feature the most relevant
subjects of resting state imaging, including physiology, data analysis,
and applications. The target audience, researchers with existing
knowledge on fMRI with interest to broaden and substantiate their
knowledge on resting state fMRI, will get to experience
focus lectures and hands on courses by international experts in the
field. For more
information on the program and speakers, visit
www.restingstate.com. For registration, also visit
http://www.esmrmb.org.
The registration fee for PhD students and physicians in training is
€ 190 for ESMRMB members and € 285 for non-members, which includes
access to the
workshop, a course syllabus, full catering of lunches and coffee
breaks, and a welcome dinner.
Biennial Resting State Conference
Magdeburg – September 5-7 2012.
Right after the educational course, Magdeburg will host the 3rd international resting state conference, welcoming international
experts in this growing field.
The Biennial Resting State Meeting Series was initiated as an expert meeting on all aspects of this fascinating technique
in Magdeburg
in 2008. After the great success of our last biennial meeting in
Milwaukee
in 2010, the 3rd Resting State Conference now returned to the birthplace of this unique conference.
The Resting State Meeting aims at bringing together key researchers working on the physiological background or analysis
of resting state data in a familial and highly interactive setting.
The sessions for both the educational course and the main conference are structured into 3 major themes:
Theme 1 will deal with recent advances and methodological issues in resting state data analysis.
Theme 2 will cover the physiology and physical background of low
frequency fluctuations including electrophysiological correlates, the
impact of physiological noise and insights from pharmacological
challenges.
Theme 3 will focus on applications using resting state fMRI with a specific focus on psychiatric and neurological diseases.
Growing with the field and its diversity, we invite researchers working on all related aspects of this fascinating
phenomenon to share ideas and insights from their disciplines, including clinical applications.
Each
day of the main conference will consist of two morning and two
afternoon sessions where specific emphasis will be put on discussion and
debates
on hot topics and ongoing controversies in the field of resting state.
Additional lunch symposia will be paralleled by poster receptions on the major fields of resting state:
Methods and Acquisition
Data Analysis
Physiology
Animal Imaging
Pharmacology
Multimodal Resting State Studies
Applications in Psychology, Neurology, Psychiatry and Neuroradiology
Similar
to the previous meetings, the scientific program will be extended
towards evening social events providing ample room for intensive
interactions
and communication.
Abstract submission and online registration for the 3rd Biennial Resting State
Meeting opened March 1st and abstract submission will still be possible until April 30th.
Please save the date and make sure to register in time. Abstract submission requires
registration for the conference. Safe on early bird registration fees (until April 30th):
The registration fee of € 395 includes access to the full meeting,
welcome reception and full catering of lunches and coffee breaks for all
three days.
The satellite educational course on September 3rd and 4th will
be restricted to a limited number of attendees so make sure to register in time for both events.
For more information including a list of our confirmed speakers please visit
www.restingstate.com.
Don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter for the latest updates if you haven’t done so yet!
We are looking forward to see you in Magdeburg
On behalf of all organizers
Martin Walter, MD
Chair - 3rd Biennial Resting State Conference
Clinical Affective Neuroimaging Laboratory (Canlab),
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology &
Otto-von-Guericke-University,
Magdeburg, Germany
Ilya Veer
Co-organizer ESMRMB Resting State Educational Workshop
Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC)
Leiden, The Netherlands
2012 MICCAI Grand Challenge and Workshop on Multi-Atlas Labeling
Acropolis Convention and Exhibition Centre, Nice France October 5th, 2012 - AM Session
Website: https://masi.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/workshop2012/ Paper submission deadline: June 12th, 2012
CALL FOR PAPERS
Multi-atlas
techniques are becoming increasingly integral to numerous medical image
computing approaches and are now expanding into for diverse anatomical
regions. The proposed workshop will present a forum to discuss recent
advances in multi-atlas techniques. The discussion will focus on new
methods/applications of multi-atlas labeling and comparative evaluations
of methods on a newly public, manually labeled dataset. First, we will
host a discussion on methods, theory, and applications in which
traditional MICCAI format papers will be solicited. Second, we will host
a challenge on whole-brain labeling which will provide an opportunity
to characterize multiple labels, inter-label relationships, and
heterogeneous structures (sponsored by NeuroMorphometrics). Submissions
will be encouraged using a limited 3-4 page format.
WORKSHOP TOPICS
* Full-length papers are invited in (but not limited to) the following areas:
* Multi-atlas registration
* Statistical methods for label fusion
* Theory and applications with discrete, continuous, or non-traditional label types
* Manifolds theory and applications for voxel, volume, surface, or non-traditional multi-atlas representations
* Atlas design, selection, and exclusion
* Multi-atlas informed and augmented approaches, including shape modeling
* Applications of multi-atlas methods for segmentation and labeling
* Visualization and hypothesis exploration approaches using multi-atlases
Manuscripts may not be accepted at the main conference or submitted to any other MICCAI 2012 workshop.
ORGANIZERS
Bennett Landman, Vanderbilt University
Simon Warfield, Harvard Medical School
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Paul
Aljabar, Imperial College London; Dzung Pham, Henry M. Jackson
Foundation; Hakmook Kang, Vanderbilt University; Arno Klein, Columbia
University; Torsten Rohlfing, Stanford University; Dinggang Shen UNC
Chapel Hill; T. Robin Langerak, Utrecht University ; Paul Thompson,
UCLA; Paul Yushkevich, UPENN
IMPORTANT DATES
Technical Manuscripts Due (Extended MICCAI Format) - 6/12/2012
Challenge Testing Procedure Available - 6/1/2012-6/8/2012
Challenge Manuscripts Due (Abbreviated MICCAI Format) - 6/12/2012
We look forward to seeing you in Nice!
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Bennett Landman, Ph.D., bennett.landman@vanderbilt.edu
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering (primary)
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
Vanderbilt University, School of Engineering
Director of the Center for Computational Imaging
Vanderbilt University Institute of Image Science
Saturday, September 01, 2012
Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange (ABIDE) Sample
The
International Neuroimaging Data-Sharing Initiative (INDI), in
coordination with the Child Mind Institute, announces the public release
of the "Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange (ABIDE) Sample" via the 1000
Functional Connectomes Project (http://fcon_1000.projects.nitrc.org/indi/abide/index.html).
Drs.
Adriana Di Martino (NYU Child Study Center; consortium coordinator) and
Stewart Mostofsky (Kennedy Krieger Institute) have assembled ABIDE as
an international consortium explicitly dedicated to the sharing of
previously collected resting state functional magnetic
resonance imaging (R-fMRI) and morphometric data for autism. To date,
the effort has brought together 20 samples from 16 contributing sites,
yielding an aggregate dataset of 539 individuals with autism and 573
typical controls. The effort builds upon the model
of the highly successful ADHD-200 Consortium (http://fcon_1000.projects.nitrc.org/indi/adhd200/), though providing an extensive array
of phenotypic characterizations common to nearly all sites, that far exceeds it predecessor. Key diagnostic and assessment schedules (e.g., ADOS, ADIS), psychometric testing (e.g., IQ) and a variety
of additional questionnaires, commonly employed in the autism community, are being shared along with brain imaging data.
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