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Fall 2000
IMA Minisymposium
Brain Imaging
October 11-13, 2000

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with partial support by The Office of Naval Research

Co-sponsors:

Cognitive Neuroscience and Brain Imaging Program, Center for Cognitive Sciences (CCS), Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR), Department of Neuroscience, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), (all at the University of Minnesota)

Organizers:

Guillermo Sapiro
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Minnesota
guille@ee.umn.edu

Daniel Kersten
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota
kersten@eye.psych.umn.edu

Gordon Legge
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota
legge@eye.psych.umn.edu

Sheng He
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota
sheng@tc.umn.edu

Xiaoping Hu
Department of Radiology-CMRR
University of Minnesota
 xiaoping@cmrr.umn.edu

Kamil Ugurbil
Department of Radiology-CMRR
University of Minnesota
kamil@cmrr.umn.edu

 
The study of the human brain and its perceptual, cognitive, and motor functions is without any doubt one of the most challenging and fascinating topics of contemporary science. Recent years have seen significant advances in the application of sophisticated mathematical theories and visualization techniques to the problems arising in brain imaging modalities such as PET, EEG, MEG, optical imaging, and functional MRI. Fundamental problems like image registration, signal detection, surface warping, surface visualization, inter-subject registration, and inverse problems have to be addressed in order to fully utilize these techniques. All this research is carried out by interdisciplinary teams including radiologists, engineers, mathematicians, physicists, neuroscientists, and cognitive scientists. It is the goal of this workshop to bring together these teams. The Minisymposium will fundamentally include two types of lectures. One part will cover the techniques used to solve some of the mathematical/engineering problems raised by brain imaging research. The second component will include lectures on the use of brain imaging to advance our knowledge about the cognitive processes in the human brain. Introductory lectures about brain imaging modalities will be presented as well.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11
 All talks are in Lecture Hall EE/CS 3-180 unless otherwise noted.
8:30 am Coffee and Registration

Reception Room EE/CS 3-176
9:10 am Willard Miller, Fred Dulles, and Daniel Kersten Introduction
9:30 am Anders Dale
MGH-NMR Center		 Spatiotemporal Brain Imaging: from the Microscopic to Systems Level
10:15 am Partha Mitra
 Lucent Technologies 		A Frequency Localised Framework for Inference in fMRI
11:00 am Break Reception Room EE/CS 3-176
11:30 am-12:15 pm Stephen Strother
VA Medical Center		 The Quantitative Evaluation of Functional Neuroimaging Experiments: The NPAIRS Data Analysis Framework
2:00 pm William Eddy
 Carnegie Mellon University 		Combining Information Across Subjects
2:45-3:30 pm Fred L. Bookstein
 University of Michigan 		New Applications of Geometry to Analysis of Brain Imagery
4:00 pm IMA Tea IMA East, 400 Lind Hall A variety of appetizers and beverages will be served.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12
All talks are in Lecture Hall EE/CS 3-180 unless otherwise noted.
9:15 am Coffee Reception Room EE/CS 3-176
9:30 am Nikos Logothetis
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics 		Development and Applications of fMRI in Monkeys
10:15 am Olivier Faugeras
 INRIA/MIT

Reflections on the Inverse EEG and MEG Problems

 
11:00 am Break Reception Room EE/CS 3-176
11:30 am-12:15 pm Monica Hurdal
Florida State University		 Quasi-conformal Flat Maps of the Human Cerebellum
2:00 pm Keith Worsley
 McGill University 		A General Statistical Analysis for fMRI data
2:45--3:30 pm Michael Miller
 John Hopkins University 		Computational Anatomy: An Emerging Discipline
3:30 pm Break Reception Room EE/CS 3-176
4:00 4:45 pm

Jack Lancaster
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at
San Antonio

 Representative Brain Models for 3-D Brain Imaging
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13
 All talks are in Lecture Hall EE/CS 3-180 unless otherwise noted.
9:15 am Coffee Reception Room EE/CS 3-176
9:30 am Charles A. Nelson
 University of Minnesota 		A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective on Memory Development
10:15 am Nicholas Lange
 Harvard Medical School		 Analysis of Drug Effects on Spatial Patterns of Gene Expression in MR Neuroimaging and Microscopy
11:00 am Break Reception Room EE/CS 3-176
11:30 am-12:15 pm Randy McIntosh
University of Toronto 		Incoroporating Neurobiology into the Analysis of Brain Imaging Data
2:00 pm Seong-Gi Kim/Kamil Ugurbil
 University of Minnesota 		Are fMRI Responses Localized to Sub-millimeter Functional Structures?
2:45--3:30 pm Sheng He
University of Minnesota 		Visual Surfaces Representation in Human MT+ and SPL
4:00 pm Tour Center for Magnetic Resonance Research
6:00 pm Workshop Dinner Radisson Metrodome Hotel -Faculty Room

LIST OF CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS

as of 10/13/2000
Name Department Affiliation
Gregor Adriany Center for Magnetic Resonance Research University of Minnesota
Mark Alber Mathematics University of Notre Dame
Pardo Alvaro   Univ. Republica
David Andresen Psychology University of Minnesota
Michael Atherton Educational Psychology University of Minnesota
William Auffermann Radiology, CMRR University of Minnesota
Bruno Averbeck Brain Sciences Center University of Minnesota
Gang Bao Mathematics Michigan State University
Fred L. Bookstein Institute of Gerontology University of Michigan
Mireille Boutin Mathematics University of Minnesota
Vera Buaevskaya Statisitics University of Minnesota
Thomas Carlson Psychology University of Minnesota
Gang Chen Neuroscience University of Minnesota
Ying Chen   Un Of Minn.
Li-Tien Cheng   Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
Vladimir Cherkassky Electrical Engineering University of Minnesota
Sing-Hang Cheung Psychology University of Minnesota
Eric Cohen CMRR, Radiology University of Minnesota
Blythe Anne Corbett Pediatric Neuropsychology University of Minnesota
Patricia Anne Costello Neuroscience University of Minnesota
Anders M. Dale Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center Massachusetts General Hospital
Chris P. Davis Neuroscience University of Minnesota
Fred Dulles   Institute for Mathematics & its Applications
Robert Lee Dunbar Neuroscience University of Minnesota
Tim Duong Center for Magnetic Resonance Research University of Minnesota
William Eddy Statistics Carnegie Mellon University
Leilani Gjellstad Endicott Center for Cognitive Sciences University of Minnesota
Selim Esedoglu   Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
Olivier Faugeras Sophia Antipolis Research Unit INRIA
Martha Flanders Neuroscience University of Minnesota
James Gee Computer and Information Science University of Pennsylvania
Juan Gispert Medical Imaging Laboratory Hospital Universitario Gregorio Maranon
Randall Gregory   University de la Republica
Marlene Guzman Minnesota Medical Foundation University of Minnesota
Matthew Hagen Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit Psychiatry/Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Noam Harel Center for Magnetic Resonance Research University of Minnesota
Sheng He Psychology University of Minnesota
Xiaoping Hu Radiology-CMRR University of Minnesota
Malcom Hudson   Macquarie University
Lisa Hunter Otalaryngology University of Minnesota
Monica Hurdal Mathematics Florida State University
Trenton Jerde Brain Sciences Center Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Kimberly Johnson Child Development University of Minnesota
Toshinor Kato   Center for Magnetic Resonance, UN. of MN
Dan Kersten Psychology University of Minnesota
Dae-Shik Kim CMRR, CMRR, Un of Mn
Seong-G Kim CMRR CMRR-Un of Mn
Partha Mitra Physical Sciences Research Lucent Technologies
Wayne King   Lucent Technologies
Katalin Kovlacs Veterinary PathoBiology University of Minnesota
Stephen Laconte CMRR Veterans Hospial
Jack Lancaster Radiology/ Biomedical Image Analysis University of Texas Health Science Center
Christopher Lang   Indiana University Southeast
Nick Lange Laboratory for Statistical Neuroimaging, MRC 312 McLean Hospital
Gordon Legge Psychology University of Minnesota
Haiying Liu Radiology University of Minnesota
Nikos Logothetis   Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Dan Marchesin   Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada
Chad Marsolek Psychology University of Minnesota
Randy McIntosh Rotman Research Institute University of Toronto
Hellmut Merkle Radiology University of Minnesota
Michael Miller Center for Imaging Science John Hopkins University
Willard Miller   Institute for Mathematics & its Applications
Jennifer Nagode Psychiatry Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Charles Nelson Inst. of Child Development University of Minnesota
Princeton Nguyen   University of Minnesota
Cheryl Olman CMRR CMRR, Un of Mn
Javier Pascau Medical Imaging Laboratory Hospital Universitario Gregorio Maranon
Josef Pfeuffer CMRR University of Minnesota
Richard Poppele Neuroscience University of Minnesota
Archana Purushotham Biomedical Engineering University of Minnesota
Archana Purushotham CMRR, Un of MN CMRR, Un of MN
Jianliang Qian   Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
Kelly Rehm Radiology University of Minnesota
Itamar Ronen CMRR CMRR-Un of MN
David Rottenberg Neurology University of Minnesota
Guillermo Sapiro Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Minnesota
Sarah Sass Psychology University of Minnesota
Kirt Schaper PET Imaging Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Otmar Scherzer Institute for Industrial Mathematics University of Linz
Rachael Seidler Brain Sciences Center, VAMC University of Minnesota
Hemant Shah Brain Sciences Center Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Jie Shao Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Minnesota
Roshan Shetty Neuroscience University of Minnesota
John Soechting Neuroscience University of Minnesota
Josh Stern Neurology University of Minnesota
Stephen Strother PET Imaging Service (11P) Minneapolis VA Medical Center
John Strupp Radiology/CMRR University of Minnesota
Karen Sutherland Computer Science Augsburg College
Bart M. ter Haar Romeny Image Sciences Institute University Medical Center
Charidimos Tzagarakis Neuroscience University of Minnesota
Kamil Ugurbil Radiology-CMRR University of Minnesota
Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele CMRR University of Minnesota
Paul Van den Broek Educational Psychology University of Minnesota
Jean-Philippe Vert DMI-LMENS Ecole Normale Superieure
Miles Wernick ECE Illinois institute of Technology
Carmen Westerberg Psychology University of Minnesota
Christopher Wiggenhoin Statistics Un of Mn
Keith Worsley Mathematics & Statistics McGill University
Toru Yamamoto CMRR Un of MN
Xiaoliang Zhang Center for Magnetic Resonance Research Un of Mn
Richard Ziegler Pediatrics University of Minnesota

 

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