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Neurohacking describes how to use the R programming language (https://cran.r-project.org/) and its associated package to perform manipulation, processing, and analysis of neuroimaging data. We focus on publicly-available structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We discuss concepts such as inhomogeneity correction, image registration, and image visualization.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Read/write images of the brain in the NIfTI (Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative) format
Visualize and explore these images
Perform inhomogeneity correction, brain extraction, and image registration (within a subject and to a template).
What's included
3 videos1 reading1 assignment
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3 videos•Total 30 minutes
Meet the Team•7 minutes
Introduction•12 minutes
Structural MRI and R•12 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
Syllabus•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Theme 1 Quiz•30 minutes
Neuroimaging: Formats and Visualization
Module 2•4 hours to complete
Module details
In this section, we will discuss different formats that brain images come in, as well as some of the commonly done magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.
What's included
7 videos6 assignments
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7 videos•Total 74 minutes
Data Structures and Operations•12 minutes
The NIfTI Format•10 minutes
Basic Visualization 1•9 minutes
Basic Visualization 2•10 minutes
Basic Data Manipulation•10 minutes
Transformations and Smoothing•15 minutes
Basic MRI Contrasts•9 minutes
6 assignments•Total 180 minutes
Theme 2 Lecture 1 Quiz•30 minutes
Theme 2 Lecture 2 Quiz•30 minutes
Theme 2 Lecture 3 Quiz•30 minutes
Theme 2 Lecture 4 Quiz•30 minutes
Theme 2 Lecture 5 Quiz•30 minutes
Theme 2 Lecture 6 Quiz•30 minutes
Image Processing
Module 3•6 hours to complete
Module details
In this section, we will discuss the steps done to process brain MRI data. We will discuss inhomogeneity correction, brain extraction or skull stripping, and various image registration techniques.
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9 videos9 assignments
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9 videos•Total 71 minutes
Preprocessing: An Overview•14 minutes
Registration•15 minutes
fslr: System Requirements•9 minutes
Bias Field Correction Using fslr•4 minutes
Brain Extraction using fslr•6 minutes
Image Registration Using fslr•6 minutes
Installing ANTsR•5 minutes
Basic Data Manipulation with ANTsR•5 minutes
Pre-Processing with ANTSR•8 minutes
9 assignments•Total 270 minutes
Theme 3 Quiz 1•30 minutes
Theme 3 Quiz 2•30 minutes
Theme 3 Quiz 3•30 minutes
Theme 3 Quiz 4•30 minutes
Theme 3 Quiz 5•30 minutes
Theme 3 Quiz 6•30 minutes
Theme 3 Quiz 7•30 minutes
Theme 3 Quiz 8•30 minutes
Theme 3 Quiz 9•30 minutes
Extended Image Processing
Module 4•7 hours to complete
Module details
In this section, we will discuss the different types of registration and how one would go through processing a multi-sequence MRI scan, as well as wrapper functions that make the process much easier. We also cover interactive exploration of brain image data and tissue-level (white/gray matter and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)) segmentation from a T1-weighted image.
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11 videos1 reading10 assignments
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11 videos•Total 101 minutes
Advanced Brain Image Processing•5 minutes
Co-Registration using fslr•9 minutes
Co-Registration using ANTsR•10 minutes
Wrapper Functions for Processing Pipelines•8 minutes
Across-Visit Co-Registration of T1 Images•6 minutes
Rigid Registration to a Template•8 minutes
Affine Registration of T1 to Template•4 minutes
Nonlinear Registration of T1 to Template•7 minutes
Getting ROI Anatomic Information from Non-Linear Registration•13 minutes
Tissue-Level Segmentation•7 minutes
Papayar: Interactively Viewing Images in R•23 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
Papayar Script•10 minutes
10 assignments•Total 300 minutes
Theme 4 Quiz 1•30 minutes
Theme 4 Quiz 2•30 minutes
Theme 4 Quiz 3•30 minutes
Theme 4 Quiz 4•30 minutes
Theme 4 Quiz 5•30 minutes
Theme 4 Quiz 6•30 minutes
Theme 4 Quiz 7•30 minutes
Theme 4 Quiz 8•30 minutes
Theme 4 Quiz 9•30 minutes
Theme 4 Quiz 10•30 minutes
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Reviewed on Aug 28, 2020
The process of downloading packages on the virtual machine was very tiring. The documentation of it could have been provided more nicely. Like I was not aware about the 'sudo...'on LINUX.
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Reviewed on Sep 3, 2016
An excellent introduction to neuroimaging analysis! Tank you.
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Reviewed on Dec 5, 2023
excellent course building you up with basics using R and fsl, antr
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