ECTS - University of Pisa
The course is organized in modules, dealing with the main techniques for the functional imaging of human brain. The student who completes the course successfully will be able to demonstrate a solid knowledge of the main issues related to EEG and MRI and their relative aptitude for measuring different physiological phenomena - due to different spatial/temporal resolution, duration, cost, etc. This is accompanied with the acquisition of two key mathematical concepts that underly the acquisition and the manipulation of the function signals: linear systems theory, and the general linear model approach to data analysis.
The course is organized in modules, dealing with the main techniques for the functional imaging of human brain. The student who completes the course successfully will be able to demonstrate a solid knowledge of the main issues related to EEG and MRI and their relative aptitude for measuring different physiological phenomena - due to different spatial/temporal resolution, duration, cost, etc. This is accompanied with the acquisition of two key mathematical concepts that underly the acquisition and the manipulation of the function signals: linear systems theory, and the general linear model approach to data analysis.
The acquisition of knowledge is a precondition for the delivery of the written report and it is directly tested in the oral examination.
The acquisition of knowledge is a precondition for the delivery of the written report and it is directly tested in the oral examination.
During the course, students will gain first-hand experience with the actual methodoogy used for functional brain imaging, acquiring the following specialsitc skills
During the course, students will gain first-hand experience with the actual methodoogy used for functional brain imaging, acquiring the following specialsitc skills
The acquisition of skills is verified through the assignment of a project that the student works on at home and presents at the oral exams.
The project is a combination of Matlab scripts implementing the analysis of a real dataset (provided by the instructore) and a paper (with figures) reporting the results of the analysis and drawing a physiological conclusion from them.
The acquisition of skills is verified through the assignment of a project that the student works on at home and presents at the oral exams.
The project is a combination of Matlab scripts implementing the analysis of a real dataset (provided by the instructore) and a paper (with figures) reporting the results of the analysis and drawing a physiological conclusion from them.
The acquisition of the specific skills is accompanied by the enhancement of the following life-long learning (LLL) skills
The acquisition of the specific skills is accompanied by the enhancement of the following life-long learning (LLL) skills
LLL skills will be evaluated both based on the research report and on oral questioning, verifying the student's ability to find errors/mistakes and correct them autonomously
LLL skills will be evaluated both based on the research report and on oral questioning, verifying the student's ability to find errors/mistakes and correct them autonomously
knowledge of core mathematical concepts is useful for the undertaking of this course
knowledge of core mathematical concepts is useful for the undertaking of this course
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
MRI and EEG techniques. Designing an fMRI experiment on sensory cortex. Resting state correlation methods and algorithms. Diffusion Tensor Imaging and correlation with anatomical pathways. Comparison between fMRI, EEG and ECoGs studies in human. fMRI techniques for topographic mapping (retinotopy, tonotopy, somatotopy etc). Workshop of fMRI analysis. Workshop of VEP recording and analysys.
MRI and EEG techniques. Designing an fMRI experiment on sensory cortex. Resting state correlation methods and algorithms. Diffusion Tensor Imaging and correlation with anatomical pathways. Comparison between fMRI, EEG and ECoGs studies in human. fMRI techniques for topographic mapping (retinotopy, tonotopy, somatotopy etc). Workshop of fMRI analysis. Workshop of VEP recording and analysys.
Recommended reading includes the didactic materials available online for students. Further detailed bibliographic references will be indicated during lessons.
Recommended reading includes the didactic materials available online for students. Further detailed bibliographic references will be indicated during lessons.
Oral exam
