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)