:: June 15th-19th, 2008 Human Brain Mapping Achievements ::

The 14th annual meeting for the organisation of Human Brain Mapping was held in Melbourne Australia in 2008. The Brain Research Institute presented the following at this event:

:: Abstracts ::

• Abbott DF, Pell GS, Pardoe H, Jackson.  An improved method for voxel-based T2-weighted MRI analysis.  Poster

• Close T, Tournier J-D, Johnston L, Calamante F, Mareels I, Connelly A.  Simulated Framework for Fibre Tracking Validation.  Poster

• Lillywhite L, Harvey S, Saling M, Abbott, Archer J, Vears D, Scheffer I, Jackson G.  fMRI shows that language lateralization is affected in BECTS.  Poster

• Masterton R, Abbott D, Jackson GD.  Event-related ICA of EEG/fMRI: BOLD changes before epileptiform events.  Poster

• Pardoe H, Pell GS, Jackson GD.  Automated hippocampal volume measurement can quantify atrophy associated with hippocampal sclerosis in temporal lobe epilepsy.

• Pillay N, Flanagan D, Abbott D, Jackson GD.  Functional epilepsy networks: EEG-fMRI in secondary generalized epilepsy with tonic seizures.  Poster

• Pillay N, Waties A, Abbott D, Jackson GD.  Post temporal lobe epilepsy surgery fMRI language reorganization.  Poster

• Tournier J-D, Yeh C-H, Calamante F, Cho K-H, Connelly A, Lin C-P.  Resolving crossing fibres: validation studies using DWI phantom data.  Poster

• Tournier J-D, Calamante F, Connelly A.  In vivo localisation of fibre tracts: Optimisation of fibre tracking to reduce voxel misclassification.  Poster

• Wilson SJ, Abbott DF, Waites AB, Briellmann RS, Lusher D, Pell GS, Ogden J, Saling MM, Jackson GD.  Examining cortical representational overlap for singing with lyrics and propositional language.  Poster

• Carey L. Abbott D, Harvey M, Puce A. Seitz R.  Post-stroke somatosensory impairment is inversely correlated with BOLD signal in contralesional thalamus.   Poster/Talk

:: Educational Courses ::

“Diffusion Imaging and Tractography”

• Alan Connelly presentation in Part I: Diffusion Imaging Fundamentals “Introduction to Diffusion Imaging”

• Donald Tournier presentation in Part III: Diffusion Tractograpy: Methods “Resolving Crossing Fibres”.

:: Satellite Meetings ::

"Stroke and Neurotrauma: Activation and Connections in Brain Recovery and Neurorehabilitation"

• Alan Connelly: Workshop facilitator – Panel discussion “Functional and Structural Connectivity: Methods and Applications”

“Introductory Neuroimaging for Clinical Researchers”, co-organisers Alan Connelly, Graeme Jackson, Sam Berkovic, and Kathy Lefevere.

• Alan Connelly presentation: “What can we see with MRI? (MRI hardware and image contrast)”

• Alan Connelly presentation: “Diffusion Imaging – What can it tell us and how does it work”

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