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<title>Functional Imaging in Neuroscience</title>
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<hours>4</hours>
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<cp>5</cp>
<semester>0</semester>
<mandatory>no</mandatory>
<language>English</language>
<exam>
</exam>
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<branch>Neural Engineering</branch>
<semester>0</semester>
<mandatory_tag>optional course</mandatory_tag>
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<branch>Neural Engineering</branch>
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<workload>
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.</workload>
<prerequisites>
</prerequisites>
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<convenor>Prof. Dr. Michael Möller</convenor>
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<lecturers>
<lecturer>Prof. Dr. Michael Möller</lecturer>
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<objectives>Students can assess the various properties of (functional) imaging modalities in neurology:
- Imaged function: hemodynamics, metabolism or neural activity
- Spatial and temporal resolution
- Reliability, precision and sensitivity to artifacts 
- Cost and complexity, safety, possibility for multimodal imaging
 </objectives>
<content>LECTURE (Prof. Möller, htwsaar)
Overview
- functional imaging in general
- functional imaging in neurology
Metabolism imaging using radioactive markers
- positron-emission tomography (PET)
- single-photon-emission computerized tomography (SPECT)
Hemodynamic imaging
- functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI),
  - introduction to the relevant properties and methods of MRI itself
  - blood-oxygen-level-dependend contrast (BOLD)
  - contrast-enhanced perfusion imaging
  - diffusion weighted imaging (DWI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)
- near-infrared spectroscopic imaging (NIRS)
Imaging of neural activity
- Magnetoencephalograpy (MEG)
- fluorescence imaging using voltage-sensitive dyes (VSD)
Multimodal imaging

CLINICAL DEMONSTRATION (Dr. Krick, Saarland University Medical Center, Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology)
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<offered>
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