Further education and training opportunities at the University of Edinburgh

The Brain Research Imaging Centre (BRIC) at the University of Edinburgh www.bric.ed.ac.uk  has a worldwide reputation for neuro-research and is dedicated to reducing the burden of common neurological diseases and increasing understanding of the brain through neuro-imaging.  BRIC also leads the Centre for In Vivo Imaging Sciences (CIVIS) initiative which aims to act as a science “salon” of best practice and innovation ;to provide a pipeline for imaging advances; from discovery, to RCTs, to guidelines and routine practice for all imaging researchers www.edinburghimaging.com

Further Education

MSc Neuroimaging (www.neuroimage.ed.ac.uk )

The Neuroimaging MSc gives a broad overview of how neuroimaging techniques have helped advance the understanding and treatment of brain disorders, presents information on the physics of key imaging techniques, image processing methods, practical neuroimaging aspects, key health & safety issues and key points of relevance between experimental model imaging and human imaging. Content will be available both through University of Edinburgh post-graduate study, earning you an MSc, Diploma, or Certificate, and as Continuing Professional Development (CPD / CME)

Training Courses

Edinburgh SPM course 2013 www.sbirc.ed.ac.uk/cyril/SPM-course/SPM_course_home.html

22nd-25th April 2013

George Square, Edinburgh

This four-day course offers comprehensive coverage of all MRI-related aspects of SPM. Days 1 and 2 are aimed at beginners with little or no SPM experience, and we will cover all the basic analysis steps from spatial preprocessing to statistical analysis with the General Linear Model and data visualization and presentation. Days 3 and 4 are aimed at a more advanced audience, with topics ranging from Bayesian analysis methods and voxel-based morphometry to multivariate pattern classification and effective connectivity analysis. Both parts of the course can be booked separately or as a whole.

COURSE FEATURES

Coverage of cutting-edge analysis tools in SPM8, including pattern classification and Dynamic Causal Modelling. Theoretical lectures in the morning, practical and user-driven sessions at the computer in the afternoon For the beginners, one computer per person is available. For the advanced users, small groups will interact with a tutor for a demonstration.

Practical Medical Image Processing with MATLAB for beginners

11th – 12th April 2013

Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

The workshop has been designed for researchers and students of all disciplines involved in medical imaging, who have no background in programming or mathematics, but with the desire to have hands-on medical image processing and to start exploring their image results by themselves. In two full days it is not possible to become an expert in MATLAB or image processing, however, the attendees will gain an understanding about:

What MATLAB is, what possibilities it offers and how to use the programming environment, How to do some basic operations in MATLAB and do graphical representations (plots) of the results, Some common medical image processing procedures on conventional (2D) and volumetric (3D) images, How to do processing pipelines (i.e. normally any research involves analysing several images in the same way), How to do some image statistics,    How to save and publish the code once you finish, How to make some simple but nice user-friendly GUIs.

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