Comprehensive Training in Neuroimaging Fundamentals and Applications

描述（由申请人提供）：我们向美国国立卫生研究院寻求赞助，以支持我们在神经成像基础和应用方面的创新和成功项目，其前提是相信未来的神经科学家可能需要在他们的工作中掌握神经成像方法和原理，以解决日益增长的神经疾病负担，并进行研究，以最好地促进我们对人类行为和认知的理解。该应用程序包括T-90和R-90组件，用于我们的博士生。加州大学洛杉矶分校综合神经成像培训计划（NITP）培养博士生前神经成像的基本原则，这是大多数或所有神经成像的共同原则，以认识到成像技术已经发生并将继续发生的快速变化。他们接触到异常完整的成像方法，从细胞到全脑，从结构到动态，包括先进的多模态成像。NITP是对加州大学洛杉矶分校已经建立的神经科学和计算生物学现有项目的补充和参与。学生将受益于庞大而经验丰富的神经影像学师资队伍以及为该项目新开发的课程。NITP已成为多个院系研究生课程的组成部分，其核心课程“神经成像原理”将神经科学、计算、物理和信号处理连接起来。为完成NITP，我们开发了一个夏季短期课程，包括每年两周的高级功能神经影像学课程。本课程将邀请30至40位精心挑选的学者参与高级主题和方法的沉浸式课程，包括讲座式的课堂培训，以计算工具和MRI物理为重点的日常计算机实验室，以及由学生参与者开发，运行和分析的成像项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We seek sponsorship from the NIH to support our innovative and successful program in the fundamentals and applications of neuroimaging, that is premised on the belief that neuroscientists of tomorrow are likely to require mastery of neuroimaging methods and principles in their work to address the growing burden of neurological disease and to perform the studies that will best advance our understanding of human behavior and cognition this applications includes both T-90 and R-90 components for our pre-doctoral students. The UCLA Comprehensive Neuroimaging Training Program (NITP) trains pre-doctoral students in principles of neuroimaging that are fundamental - common to most or all neuroimaging - in recognition of the rapid changes that have occurred and will continue in imaging technology. They are exposed to an unusually complete range of imaging approaches from cellular to whole brain, from structural to dynamic and inclusive of advanced multi- modality imaging. The NITP is both complementary to, and participatory in, existing programs in neurosciences and computational biology already well established at UCLA. The students benefit from the large and experience neuroimaging faculty and from courses newly developed for this program. The NITP has become integral to the graduate programs in multiple departments where its core courses in the Principles of Neuroimaging serve to bridge and integrate neuroscience, computation, physics and signal processing. Rounding out the NITP we have developed a summer Short Course consisting of an annual two-week course in Advanced Functional Neuroimaging. This course brings in 30 to 40 carefully selected scholars for an immersive program in advanced topics and methods, including lecture style classroom training, daily computer labs focused on computational tools and MRI physics, and imaging projects developed, run and analyzed by the student participants.