Sw-retreat-notes

Summary of Discussion

A general consensus emerged that the regreat was a useful thing to to, and that we should do it again next year.

Some projects were identified as potential areas for collaboration among the P41s, including:

• Sandy Wells, Clare Poynton, Mark Jenkinson: Dewarping and Registering EPI MRI

• A response to an upcoming RFA for BIRN collaborative activity

• some work towards standardizing DTI protocols across sites

• multimodality scanning and analysis of neurosurgery patients
  • high quality structural scans
  • MEG
  • EEG

• obtaining additional modalities / scans of the SPL atlas subject
• obtaining high field ex-vivo scans of a whole brain for Florin's atlas work

• possibly doing optical sensing in the OR (perfusion related)

A discussion ensued about the possibility of "institutionalizing" some joint activity by creating a fellowship or two to fund collaboration across the SPL and the Martinos Center. Bruce Rosen and Ron Kikinis agreed to investigate possible funding for these from hospital or Partners sources.