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=General information=
 
=General information=
  
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==The building==
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==About the Spinoza wiki==
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This site provides technical and procedural information for the Spinoza Centre community.
  
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'''[[Route description]]'''
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All users are invited to contribute their knowledge by editing content here. Obviously, it is important that you verify the accuracy of any information that you post.
  
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'''[[Opening hours]]'''
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Some parts of the wiki are only accessible by logging in (indicated with a "'''*'''"). You can login using your Spinoza account, if you don't have one please request the login information by sending an email to [mailto:[email protected] [email protected]].
  
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'''[[House rules]]'''
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==About the Spinoza Centre==
  
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==Communication==
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The Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging supports fundamental and clinical research programs in the fields of neuroscience and cognition but also facilitates academic and industrial research programs in areas other than the brain. The Centre houses a variety of techniques designed to visualize and study the brain. Central to the infrastructure are the 3 Tesla and 7 Tesla human Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanners (MRI). Ultra-high field MRI (≥ 7 Tesla) allows human brain function, structure and metabolism to be visualized at unprecedented detail.
  
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'''[[Contact|Contact Spinoza staff]]'''
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The peripheral equipment installed at the scanners includes material for visual, auditory and sensory stimulation, eye tracking and electroencephalography (EEG) recordings, all of which can be performed simultaneously with the MRI acquisitions. Several testing rooms are available in the suite to help people who are collecting surveys, patient briefing or for obtaining behavioural and EEG measures. This allows for a wide range of possible experimental manipulation and physiological measurements to complement the MRI data.
  
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'''[[Mailing lists|Spinoza e-mailing lists]]'''
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In addition to the MRI equipment the Spinoza Centre houses a 'mock' MRI scanner for training humans, and several groups share their setups for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) with the facility.
  
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'''[[Logos| Spinoza Centre logos]]*'''
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<div class="row">
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  <div class="large-6 columns">
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  <h2>The facilities</h2>
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Route description|Route description]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to get to Spinoza via public transportation or car.</p>
  
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==Talks and meetings==
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Opening hours]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>Of Spinoza and when support staff are present.</p>
  
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'''[[SUM|Spinoza User Meeting (presentations)]]'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Access to the building|How to get access]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to get into the building and reach the facilities.</p>
  
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'''[[SUM Agenda and minutes|Spinoza Centre User Meeting (forum agenda and minutes)]]*'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Available facilities|Available facilities]]</p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>These include research equipment but also desks, internet and meeting room. </p>
  
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==Available facilities==
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[House rules|House rules & user etiquette]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>Please help us maintain a safe and productive environment for everyone.</p>
  
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'''[[Available facilities|Overview of available facilities]]'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Buttons and displays|Buttons and displays at SC]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>What is that button for?</p>
  
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'''[[Using a desk|Office space, printer and meeting room]]'''
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  </div>
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  <div class="large-6 columns">
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  <h2>Contact information</h2>
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Contact|Support & Contact]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>Contact and support options</p>
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Mailing lists|General communication]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to join general communication lists of Spinoza.</p>
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[SUM|Spinoza User Meetings]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>Weekly presentations of staff, partners and other scientists about their research. Every Tuesday from 16:00-17:00, everyone is welcome!</p>
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Logos| Logos]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>Spinoza Centre Logos. Strictly speaking this has nothing to do with ''contact information'' but may be useful for some.</p>
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  </div>
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</div>
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=Starting a new project=
 
=Starting a new project=
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Below please find the information you need, if you would like to start a new MRI project at Spinoza. This information is primarily intended for researchers who are new to Spinoza. You typically only have to go through these procedures once.
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 +
<div class="row">
 +
  <div class="large-6 columns">
 +
  <h2>Starting to use the facilities</h2>
 +
  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Starting a project|Compulsory actions]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>Checklist on how to start a project at Spinoza. These include compulsory actions that are required '''far in advance''' and '''just prior to''' scanning.
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  </p> 
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Piloting|Piloting MRI projects]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>About developing new protocols and trying out new things (and not necessarily getting billed ( <font size="+1">☺</font> ).</p>
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</div>
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  <div class="large-6 columns">
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  <h2>Training and safety</h2>
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Certification for MR safety and MR operator|MR training and certification]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>Prior to using the MR facilities please follow the '''MR safety''' training. If you want perform the scanning yourself, you need to be trained as an '''MR operator'''. </p>
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Training schedules|Safety training schedule]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>Instructions on safety and evacuation training.</p>
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Certified users|List of certified users]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>If you want to start already you may enlist help of those who are already trained.</p>
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[FerrAlert|Metal detectors]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to use the metal detectors at Spinoza.</p>
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  </div>
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</div>
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==Using the facilities==
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= Basic procedures =  
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Below please find the basic procedures most MRI scientists will encounter sooner or later during their project.
  
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'''[[Access to the building|Getting access to the building and facilities]]'''
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<div class="row">
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  <div class="large-6 columns">
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  <h2>Participant procedures</h2>
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Sona|Participant recruitment (Sona)]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to use of the Spinoza Sona participant registration system to recruit participants for your study.</p>
  
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'''[[Starting a project]]'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Incidental findings| Incidental finding protocol]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to use our incidental finding protocol (if this was also so specified in your ethical approval).</p>
  
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'''[[MRI costs and contacts for applying for partner hours]]*'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Public data sharing]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>Some notes on public data sharing which is part of the open science movement.</p>
  
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'''[[Booking|Booking the scanner and cancellation policy]]'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Sharing data with participants]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>Some notes on how to deal with participants asking for their data.</p>
  
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==MRI safety procedures==
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Parking spot]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to book and use the Spinoza parking spot.</p>
  
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'''[[Certification for MR safety and MR operator]]'''
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  </div>
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  <div class="large-6 columns">
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  <h2>Basic MRI procedures</h2> 
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[MRI costs|MRI costs ]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>Hourly billing rate and contacts for applying for (free) partner hours.</p>
  
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'''[[Training schedule|Safety instruction and evacuation training schedule]]'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Booking|Booking the scanner and cancellation policy]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>Well... just that. How to book and how to cancel scanner time.</p>
  
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'''[[Certified users|List of certified users]]*'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Best practices|Best practices]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>Set of guidelines for MRI data-analyses, strongly recommended by Spinoza staff.</p>
  
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'''[[FerrAlert|Metal detectors and use]]'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[DataExport| Exporting PAR/REC data from the scanner]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to export your data from the scanner and send it to the server. </p>
  
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==Participant procedures==
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Naming_acquisitions | Conventions for consistent naming of your acquisitions]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to name your acquisitions to facilitate automatic conversion and BIDS-ification.</p>
  
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'''[[Sona|Participant recruitment (Sona)]]'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Data deletion policy| Data deletion policy]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>When data is deleted from the scanners.</p>
  
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'''[[Incidental findings| Incidental finding protocol]]*'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Standard sequences @ 3T]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>Tried and tested sequences easily adaptable to your needs.</p>
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  </div>
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</div>
  
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'''[[Forms|MRI screening forms and (example) participant information / informed consent]]*'''
 
  
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==Basic MRI procedures==
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'''[[Piloting|Piloting MRI projects]]'''
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= Advanced procedures and troubleshooting=
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Here we gather information for the adventurous MRI scientist using peripheral equipment and the most advanced procedures. This section also contains usage and troubleshooting information for the MRI scientists and MR operators.
  
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'''[[Data export| Data export and deletion policy]]'''
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<div class="row">
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  <div class="large-6 columns">
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  <h2>Peripheral MRI equipment</h2>
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Stimulus computer]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to control your stimulus from outside the scanner.</p>
  
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'''[[Standard sequences @ 3T]]*'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[BOLDscreen| MRI compatible LCD screen (BOLDscreen)]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to use the screen in the scanner.</p>
  
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==Peripheral MRI equipment and instructions==
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[FORP| MRI compatible button boxes (fORP)]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to use the response buttons in the the scanner.</p>
  
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'''[[Stimulus computer]]'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Audio system|MRI compatible audio system (MRConfon)]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to use the audio setup in the scanner.</p>
  
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'''[[BOLDscreen| MRI compatible LCD screen]]'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Eye tracker|MRI compatible eye trackers]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to track the participants eye-movements in the scanner.</p>
  
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'''[[FORP| MRI compatible button boxes (fORP)]]'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[BrainAmp| Auxilliary EMG, ECG and GSR recordings (BrainAmp)]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to record EMG, ECG and GSR in the scanner. (under development)</p>
  
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'''[[Audio system]]'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[EEG-fMRI| EEG-fMRI recordings (EGI)]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to record EEG in the scanner.</p>
  
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'''[[Eye tracker]]'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Electrical stimulator]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to use the electrical stimulator in the scanner.</p>
  
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'''[[BrainAmp| Auxilliary EMG, ECG and GSR recordings (BrainAmp)]]'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Physiology]]</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to measure various physiological measures in the scanner, such as heart rate and respiration.</p>
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  </div>
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  <div class="large-6 columns">
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  <h2>Advanced MRI procedures</h2>
  
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'''[[EEG-fMRI| EEG-fMRI recordings (EGI)]]'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Common warnings and error messages]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>List of most common warnings and error messages both on 3T and 7T.</p>
  
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'''[[Electrical stimulator]]'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Patching 3T| Patching the 3T MRI scanners]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>Well... just that. How to patch the 3T.</p>
  
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=Ongoing projects and troubleshooting=
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[7T_general_info_%26_troubleshooting|7T MRI procedures]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>Documentation on 7T MRI procedures.</p>
  
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==Advanced MRI procedures and troubleshooting==
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[BOLD_hoist|Hoist the 7T BOLD screen]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to move the BOLD screen in the 7T setup.</p>
  
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'''[[Patching 3T| Patching the MRI scanners]]*'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[7T_hardware|7T MRI Hardware]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>List of available coils on the 7T.</p>
  
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'''[[7Tdocs|7T MRI procedures and documentation]]*'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[7T_phantoms|7T MRI Phantoms]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>List of available phantoms for the 7T.</p>
  
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'''[[Common warnings and error messages]]*'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[7TQA|7T MRI Quality assurance]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to run and evaluate the QA on the 7T.</p>
  
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'''[[Spinoza log book|Spinoza log book for reporting and monitoring technical problems]]*'''
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[FAQS|FAQs on (f)MRI preprocessing]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>BIDS, distortion correction, MP2RAGE(ME) etc.</p>
  
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==Troubleshooting peripheral equipment==
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  <p style="margin-left:5%><b>[[Dicom send | Dicom transfer]]*</b></p>
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  <p style="margin-left:10%>How to send dicoms to the AMC from the Spinoza Linux cluster command line.</p>
  
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'''[[Setting the correct screen layout, resolution and refresh rate on the 3T-stimulus computer]]'''
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  </div>
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</div>
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Latest revision as of 12:31, 6 May 2024


General information

About the Spinoza wiki

This site provides technical and procedural information for the Spinoza Centre community.

All users are invited to contribute their knowledge by editing content here. Obviously, it is important that you verify the accuracy of any information that you post.

Some parts of the wiki are only accessible by logging in (indicated with a "*"). You can login using your Spinoza account, if you don't have one please request the login information by sending an email to [email protected].

About the Spinoza Centre

The Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging supports fundamental and clinical research programs in the fields of neuroscience and cognition but also facilitates academic and industrial research programs in areas other than the brain. The Centre houses a variety of techniques designed to visualize and study the brain. Central to the infrastructure are the 3 Tesla and 7 Tesla human Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanners (MRI). Ultra-high field MRI (≥ 7 Tesla) allows human brain function, structure and metabolism to be visualized at unprecedented detail.

The peripheral equipment installed at the scanners includes material for visual, auditory and sensory stimulation, eye tracking and electroencephalography (EEG) recordings, all of which can be performed simultaneously with the MRI acquisitions. Several testing rooms are available in the suite to help people who are collecting surveys, patient briefing or for obtaining behavioural and EEG measures. This allows for a wide range of possible experimental manipulation and physiological measurements to complement the MRI data.

In addition to the MRI equipment the Spinoza Centre houses a 'mock' MRI scanner for training humans, and several groups share their setups for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) with the facility.

The facilities

Route description

How to get to Spinoza via public transportation or car.

Opening hours*

Of Spinoza and when support staff are present.

How to get access

How to get into the building and reach the facilities.

Available facilities

These include research equipment but also desks, internet and meeting room.

House rules & user etiquette

Please help us maintain a safe and productive environment for everyone.

Buttons and displays at SC*

What is that button for?

Contact information

Support & Contact

Contact and support options

General communication

How to join general communication lists of Spinoza.

Spinoza User Meetings

Weekly presentations of staff, partners and other scientists about their research. Every Tuesday from 16:00-17:00, everyone is welcome!

Logos*

Spinoza Centre Logos. Strictly speaking this has nothing to do with contact information but may be useful for some.

Starting a new project

Below please find the information you need, if you would like to start a new MRI project at Spinoza. This information is primarily intended for researchers who are new to Spinoza. You typically only have to go through these procedures once.

Starting to use the facilities

Compulsory actions

Checklist on how to start a project at Spinoza. These include compulsory actions that are required far in advance and just prior to scanning.

Piloting MRI projects

About developing new protocols and trying out new things (and not necessarily getting billed ( ☺ ).

Training and safety

MR training and certification

Prior to using the MR facilities please follow the MR safety training. If you want perform the scanning yourself, you need to be trained as an MR operator.

Safety training schedule*

Instructions on safety and evacuation training.

List of certified users*

If you want to start already you may enlist help of those who are already trained.

Metal detectors*

How to use the metal detectors at Spinoza.

Basic procedures

Below please find the basic procedures most MRI scientists will encounter sooner or later during their project.

Participant procedures

Participant recruitment (Sona)

How to use of the Spinoza Sona participant registration system to recruit participants for your study.

Incidental finding protocol*

How to use our incidental finding protocol (if this was also so specified in your ethical approval).

Public data sharing*

Some notes on public data sharing which is part of the open science movement.

Sharing data with participants*

Some notes on how to deal with participants asking for their data.

Parking spot*

How to book and use the Spinoza parking spot.

Basic MRI procedures

MRI costs *

Hourly billing rate and contacts for applying for (free) partner hours.

Booking the scanner and cancellation policy

Well... just that. How to book and how to cancel scanner time.

Best practices*

Set of guidelines for MRI data-analyses, strongly recommended by Spinoza staff.

Exporting PAR/REC data from the scanner*

How to export your data from the scanner and send it to the server.

Conventions for consistent naming of your acquisitions*

How to name your acquisitions to facilitate automatic conversion and BIDS-ification.

Data deletion policy*

When data is deleted from the scanners.

Standard sequences @ 3T*

Tried and tested sequences easily adaptable to your needs.


Advanced procedures and troubleshooting

Here we gather information for the adventurous MRI scientist using peripheral equipment and the most advanced procedures. This section also contains usage and troubleshooting information for the MRI scientists and MR operators.

Peripheral MRI equipment

Stimulus computer

How to control your stimulus from outside the scanner.

MRI compatible LCD screen (BOLDscreen)

How to use the screen in the scanner.

MRI compatible button boxes (fORP)

How to use the response buttons in the the scanner.

MRI compatible audio system (MRConfon)

How to use the audio setup in the scanner.

MRI compatible eye trackers

How to track the participants eye-movements in the scanner.

Auxilliary EMG, ECG and GSR recordings (BrainAmp)

How to record EMG, ECG and GSR in the scanner. (under development)

EEG-fMRI recordings (EGI)

How to record EEG in the scanner.

Electrical stimulator

How to use the electrical stimulator in the scanner.

Physiology

How to measure various physiological measures in the scanner, such as heart rate and respiration.

Advanced MRI procedures

Common warnings and error messages*

List of most common warnings and error messages both on 3T and 7T.

Patching the 3T MRI scanners*

Well... just that. How to patch the 3T.

7T MRI procedures*

Documentation on 7T MRI procedures.

Hoist the 7T BOLD screen*

How to move the BOLD screen in the 7T setup.

7T MRI Hardware*

List of available coils on the 7T.

7T MRI Phantoms*

List of available phantoms for the 7T.

7T MRI Quality assurance*

How to run and evaluate the QA on the 7T.

FAQs on (f)MRI preprocessing*

BIDS, distortion correction, MP2RAGE(ME) etc.

Dicom transfer*

How to send dicoms to the AMC from the Spinoza Linux cluster command line.

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