Training and Education

Comprehensive training is available for multiple neuroimaging modalities (fMRI, DWI, ASL, and T1) examining various cognitive domains (memory, cognitive control, perception) in healthy and patient (PTSD, TBI, stroke, microvascular disease, Parkinson’s disease, acquired amnesia) populations. Interested individuals or students with backgrounds in psychology, neuroscience, biology, math, or computer science are welcome to attend the weekly talks or contact PIs for more information.

The internal section has more trainings specific to researchers affiliated with the NERVE.

  • MRI Safety Training -Any investigator or associated staff that plan to be a part of MRI research must complete the MRI Safety Training.
  • Structural Analysis Guide -A good place to start for learning more about using FreeSurfer for structural analyses. (under construction)
  • FreeSurfer– For information on FreeSurfer tools used at the center. (under construction)
  • FSL -For more information on available FSL tools commonly used at the Center. (under construction)
  • NeuroImaging Wiki Digest -For links to various topics related to image processing at the VA Boston Neuroimaging Center. (under construction)
  • Graph Theory -for some links to papers on Graph Theory. (under construction)

Tutorials