Dear colleagues,
Please find here the announcement for MICCAI 2009 fMRI workshop. Note
that early registration deadline is *August, 1st*.
B. Thirion
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Statistical modeling and detection issues in intra- and inter-subject
functional MRI data analysis
-- In conjunction with MICCAI 2009--
London, UK, September 24, 2009, 14:00-17:30
(http://collaborations.saclay.inria.fr/parietal/fMRI2009/)
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Overview
Functional MRI (fMRI) provides a unique view on brain activity, which is
used both for a better understanding of brain functional anatomy and the
assessment of various mental diseases. The analysis of fMRI data entails
detection issues, in which it has to be decided whether certain regions
shows an activity significantly correlated to some variables of
interest. This problem can be formulated in a given individual dataset
(in which case the variable of interest is the experimental paradigm) or
in a multi-subject dataset (the variable of interest is then a
behavioral, clinical, or genetic factor of interest). Moreover, this
problem can be handled as a modeling problem when addressing the
temporal structure of the BOLD response and various fluctuations
observed in fMRI datasets, or when delineating brain regions, especially
across individuals, as well as a statistical problem: for instance, a
typical concern is to warrant a certain control over false positives
(specificity) for a testing procedure, or to achieve an optimal
compromise between sensitivity and specificity by using judicious
decision statistics.
Program: please see
http://collaborations.saclay.inria.fr/parietal/fMRI2009/
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