Spectroscopy

This course will focus on understanding the principles of 1H MRS and practical issues related to acquisition, processing, and analysis of MRS data in human brain at high field.

Coordinators: Dinesh Deelchand, Pierre-Gilles Henry

Training Faculty: Dinesh Deelchand, Michael Garwood, Pierre-Gilles Henry, Jim Joers, Malgorzata Marjanska, Gulin Oz, Xiao-Hong Zhu, and Ivan Tkac

Prerequisites: Basic understanding of MR physics

Location: Terrarium and Corridor Conference Rooms

Notes:

•  All breakfasts, coffee breaks, and lunches are served in the second-floor lobby outside the seminar room. 

•  Fireside chat with Mike Garwood

•  Daily social hour with pizza

Program

•  Introduction to Spectroscopy

•  RF Pulses for Spectroscopy

•  Single-Voxel Sequences

•  Editing Sequences: GABA, GSH, 2HG

•  Ultrahigh Field MRS

•  Processing and Analysis of Spectroscopy Data

•  Human MRS Acquisition at 7T

•  B0 Shimming for MRS

•  Motion Correction for MRS

•  Small Animal MRS

Syllabus

Day 1 (Location: Terrarium Conference Room) 

• 8:15 — 8:45 Registration/Breakfast

• 8:45 — 9:15 Welcome

Pierre-Gilles Henry

• 9:15 — 9:45 Introduction to Spectroscopy

Malgorzata Marjanska

• 9:45 — 10:45 RF Pulses 

 Michael Garwood

• 10:45 — 11:00 Break

• 11:00 — 11:30 Single-Voxel Sequences 

Ivan Tkac

• 11:30 — 12:00 Editing Sequences: GABA, GSH, 2HG 

Pierre-Gilles Henry

• 12:00 — 13:00 Lunch

• 13:00 — 13:30 Benefits and Challenges of UHF MRS

Gülin Öz

• 13:30 — 14:00 Processing and Analysis 

Dinesh Deelchand

• 14:00 — 17:30 Lab Session #1 – Brain MRS (Training) (7T Terra)

Malgorzata Marjanska & Jim Joers

• 15:45 — 16:00 Optional Break

• 17:30 — 17:40 Group Photo (Courtyard)

• 17:40 — 18:40 Fireside Chat with Michael Garwood (2nd Floor Lobby)

• 18:40 — Social gathering, all are encouraged to attend, pizza will be served (2nd Floor Lobby)

 Day 2 (Location: Corridor Conference Room) 

• 8:00 — 9:00 Breakfast

• 9:00 — 12:30 Lab Session #2: Processing (BYO laptop) (Hands-on) 

 Dinesh Deelchand

• 10:45 — 11:00 Optional Break

• 12:30 — 13:30 Lunch

• 13:30 — 14:30 B0 Shimming + Spectral Quality

Ivan Tkac

• 14:30 — 15:00 Small Animal MRS 

Ivan Tkac

• 15:00 — 15:15 Break

• 15:15 — 16:00 MRS Applications

Gülin Öz

• 16:00 — 16:30 Motion Correction for MRS 

Pierre-Gilles Henry

• 16:30 — 17:00 How to do deuterium MRS 

Xiao-Hong Zhu

• 17:00 — 18:00 Q&A with Teachers

• 18:00 — Social gathering, all are encouraged to attend, pizza will be served (2nd Floor Lobby)