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||9:00 - 9:30 ||[[http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pub/docs/fs.roi.EB_wiki.pptx|ROI Analysis]] ||talk ||Doug Greve || | ||9:00 - 9:30 ||[[http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pub/docs/fs.roi.EB_wiki.pptx|ROI Analysis]] ||talk ||Malte Hoffmann || |
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||4:40 - 5:00 ||Q&A with !FreeSurfer Team ||talk ||Bruce Fischl || | ||4:40 - 5:00 ||Q&A with !FreeSurfer Team ||talk ||Bruce Fischl, Doug Greve, & FS Team || |
Virtual FreeSurfer Course
The virtual FreeSurfer course is scheduled for June 22nd & 27th, 2023. Note: These are not two consecutive dates. This is a two day course that offers a basic introduction to FreeSurfer. A FreeSurfer Virtual Machine (VM) will be provided to course participants so that they can easily work with FreeSurfer and practice data during the course. Before registering, review the tentative schedule to make sure it will work for you and review the technical requirements to be sure your computer can run the course software. You will be required to verify your computer can properly host the course software by May 22nd in order to stay enrolled in the course. If your computer cannot run the course materials, your course registration will be cancelled and a full refund issued to you.
Registration is not yet open. This page will be updated once registration has opened.
Computer verification deadline: May 22nd, 2023
If you have a specific question about the FreeSurfer courses that was not answered by this website and our FAQ or would like to host a course in your area, you can email one of the course organizers (fscourse AT nmr.mgh.harvard.edu).
Course Details
Click on any of the topics below for more information:
Overview
Schedule
Payment
FAQ
Topics Covered During the Course
Overview
The two day course consists of talks and tutorials that run throughout the day. Attendees are expected to attend all talks and tutorials.
During the tutorial sessions, you will be shown a variety of commands. Only those that appear in a box should be copy-and-pasted into the terminal. They will look like this:
command arg1 arg2
Schedule
WARNING': The hyperlinks in the tables below used to download slides will NOT WORK in Google Chrome. Please use a different browser to access these slides.
Wednesday, June 21st - Gathertown Social & Instructions
Time |
Title |
Type |
Lecturer |
3:30-4:00pm |
Social Gathering & Gathertown Demo |
demo |
Doug Greve & FS staff |
4:00 - 4:30 |
talk/demo |
Jackson Nolan |
|
4:30 - 4:50 |
talk |
Allison Player & Lilla Zollei |
** optional talks
Thursday, June 22nd - Introduction / Single Subject Analysis / Troubleshooting
Time |
Title |
Type |
Lecturer |
9:00 - 9:10 |
Welcome |
social |
staff |
9:10 - 9:55 |
talk |
Bruce Fischl |
|
9:55 - 11:05 |
talk |
Doug Greve |
|
11:05 - 11:25 |
20 minute break |
|
|
11:25 - 11:45 |
Freeview demonstration |
tbd |
|
11:45 - 12:30 |
tutorial |
staff |
|
12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
|
|
1:30 - 2:15 |
talk |
Doug Greve |
|
2:15 - 3:25 |
tutorial |
staff |
|
3:25 - 3:45 |
20 minute break |
|
|
3:45 - 4:30 |
Quality Checking a Recon |
talk |
Nathan Draudt |
4:30 - 5:00 |
Practice Working with Data or finish other tutorials |
tutorial |
staff |
Tuesday, June 27th - ROI Analysis / Group Analysis / Longitudinal Analysis
Time |
Title |
Type |
Lecturer |
9:00 - 9:30 |
talk |
Malte Hoffmann |
|
9:30 - 10:15 |
tutorial |
staff |
|
10:15 - 10:45 |
talk |
Divya Varadarajan |
|
10:45 - 11:05 |
20 minute break |
|
|
11:05 - 11:50 |
talk |
Doug Greve |
|
11:50 - 12:35 |
tutorial |
staff |
|
12:35 - 1:35 |
Lunch |
|
|
1:35 - 2:20 |
talk |
Doug Greve |
|
2:20 - 2:50 |
tutorial |
staff |
|
2:50 - 3:10 |
20 minute break |
|
|
3:10 - 3:55 |
talk |
Martin Reuter |
|
3:55 - 4:40 |
tutorial |
staff |
|
4:40 - 5:00 |
Q&A with FreeSurfer Team |
talk |
Bruce Fischl, Doug Greve, & FS Team |
Additional Useful Information
During the Course
Using a Mac & need a text editor? Download gedit, here.
Some basic information on text editors can be found here.
The tutorials often refer to keyboard shortcuts (such as Alt+v) which do not work on a Mac. For a list of equivalent keyboard commands on a Mac, please refer to MacCommands.
After the Course
A full list of all FreeSurfer tutorials, including ones that may not have been included at this course
How to cite FreeSurfer is on the FreeSurferMethodsCitation page.
Payment
Cost
The fee for the course is $425. A reduced rate of $275 is available to undergraduate and graduate students. MDs, PhDs, RAs and Post-docs do not qualify for the student rate!
Accepted Payment Types
Accepted Payment types: credit card, MGB internal fund, cash (contact the course organizers to arrange how to pay with cash)
As long as there are empty spots in the course, we will accept late registrations (regardless of the cancellation deadline).
Payment and all questions about payment should be sent to Stacey.
Payment Coordinator/Contact: Stacey Ladieu (sladieu at martinos dot org)
Cancellations, Refunds, and Deadlines
Course fees are refundable, minus a $200 fee, up to 2 weeks prior to the program. After that, the tuition can be applied to a future program within one year of the course for which you registered and paid for, or you can send someone in your place. If you do not cancel your registration by June 8th, you will not be issued a refund. If you do not show your computer is unable to run the software by May 22nd, you will not be issued a refund.
Partial Refund Cancellation deadline: June 8th, 2023
Computer verification deadline: May 22nd, 2023
FAQ
How many individuals are accepted into the Virtual course?
- 35 people
Do postdocs qualify for the student rate?
- No, sorry.
Is there a discount for MGH or Martinos Center employees?
- Sorry, no.
I cannot pay by internal fund or credit card. Do I have any other options?
- If you are local, you may bring a cash payment to Allison Stevens (astevens at nmr dot mgh dot harvard dot edu) before the deadline. If you are not local, you may be able to pay via Western Union and Moneygram if it is addressed to Stacey Ladieu. Please contact Stacey (sladieu at nmr dot mgh dot harvard dot edu) first for details.
The course is full. Can you register me for the next one?
You can sign up for our course mailing list and you will be notified when registration for the next course opens (that list is here). You can also register for the currently full course to be put on the waiting list for it. This does not however automatically get you a spot in the next course.
Can I get a receipt for the course?
- Contact the payment coordinator, Stacey (sladieu at nmr dot mgh dot harvard dot edu) to arrange getting a receipt.
How do I know if my payment went through?
- If it hasn't we will contact you.
I have some data I would like to get your opinion on. Can I show it to you?
- Sure! But please know that if you show us during a tutorial, questions from students about that tutorial will have to take priority over personal data questions. If you email the course organizers (fscourse AT nmr.mgh.harvard.edu) prior to the course, they can try to arrange a time to discuss your data.
I need some help installing FreeSurfer on my laptop - I can't seem to get it to work. Can you help with that?
- Sure! Please email the course organizers (fscourse AT nmr.mgh.harvard.edu) for assistance.
Course Topics
Below is the list of topics. The course format is composed of lectures followed by hands-on tutorials so that you can gain experience interacting with data processed by FreeSurfer. A basic understanding of Linux is necessary to run and work with FreeSurfer.
Linux Demo/Tutorial (optional)
This Linux tutorial is very basic. Scripting will not be covered. This tutorial will cover how to to navigate (cd) through directories, how to copy files, how to make directories, how to use emacs, and how to set variables. For those who are not familiar with Linux, this tutorial is meant to get you comfortable enough to at least get through the FreeSurfer tutorials that are part of the course. If you have never used Linux before, this session is highly recommended.
Introduction to FreeSurfer Jargon (optional)
- Intended for those new to imaging software. Explains basic vocabulary such as voxel, surface, vertex, volume, segmentation, parcellation, registration, and recon.
Introduction to FreeSurfer
Overview of FreeSurfer's abilities.
Analyzing the Individual Subject in FreeSurfer
Description of each step of the FreeSurfer processing stream.
Freeview demonstration
- A live walk-through for how to use the Freeview GUI.
Interaction with Individual Subject Output - Tutorial
Using FreeSurfer's visualization tools to look at FreeSurfer output.
Region of Interest (ROI) Analysis - Talk and Tutorial
A description of the FreeSurfer atlases used in subcortical segmentation and cortical parcellation as well as the measures FreeSurfer provides. Information on creating and analyzing ROIs (volume vs. intensity studies).
FreeSurfer Troubleshooting - Talk and Tutorial
Discussion of the possible errors one may find in their FreeSurfer output and how to fix them.
Quality Checking a Recon
Live demo of how to scroll through FreeSurfer output and look for errors.
Surface-based Analysis: Intersubject Registration & Smoothing
- Volume vs. Surface-based analysis
Group Analysis/GLM/Multiple Comparisons (mri_glmfit)- Talk and Tutorial
- Covers the basics of group analysis in the context of imaging data.
Longitudinal Analysis in FreeSurfer
How to process longitudinal data with FreeSurfer and what's going on behind the scenes.
Question and Answer Session
- Open forum to resolve any unanswered questions
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