CTSC:education Neuroscience

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Proposed structure for the Neuroimaging half-day sessions (April 1st, MGH and April 9th, BWH)

First lecture: Frontiers of clinical neuroimaging

• Applications-based modules (MS, Alzheimer, pediatrics neuroimaging etc)
• Sample chosen so that each modality is represented at least once.
• Get a full range of biomarkers and specify if they are currently used in clinical practice or under development and used only for research.

• Potential speakers: Simon Warfield, Randy Gollub, Ellen Grant
• Slides contribution: Charles Guttmann, Bruce Rosen

Second lecture: Quantitative (neuroimaging)* biomarkers

• What makes a good quantitative imaging biomarker?
• Lifecycle of a neuroimaging data (notion of pixel, format, postprocessing, from acquisition to PACS and back etc)

• Potential speakers: Jeff Yap, Randy Gollub, Greg Sorensen, Ron Kikinis (April 1st only), Sonia Pujol
• Slides contribution: Bruce Rosen

(*): discuss option to make this a more generic lecture that could fit other modules (oncology, cardiovascular etc)

Third lecture: Survey of modalities

• Get more basic details on the different imaging modalities currently used in neuroimaging
• What are the different quantitative biomarkers that can be collected by the different imaging modalities

• Potential speakers: Jeff Yap, Randy Gollub, Ellen Grant
• Slides contribution: Bruce Rosen, Charles Guttmann

Fourth lecture: Guide to neuroimaging resources within Harvard Catalyst

• Consultation service
• Centers of excellence (SPL, CNI, Martinos Center, CRL etc)
• Education material online

• Potential speakers: Valerie Humblet, Randy Gollub
• Slides contribution: Bruce Rosen

Note: the second and third lectures have been split so we can have 2 different speakers but they can also be combine and given as one lecture