Today the group visited the York Neuro-Imaging Centre (YNIC) again for a refresher on MRI scanners and the OSIRIX software. Sam presented an accelerated presentation on both MRI and MEG machines at the centre and then we managed to sneak a look at the MRI machine again between scans. There seemed to be a lot […]
A BBC reporter volunteers to have his brain scanned by MRI as part of a scientific study. Best of all – even better than the £10 fee he was paid – was the picture of his brain he was given at the end of the experiment! StoryVideo Story
Some interesting (and slightly scary) uses of MRI technology to find out what you are thinking. This new research poses some interesting ethical questions. Science fiction? We might not be as far off as you think…. The breakthrough by American scientists took MRI scanning equipment normally used in hospital diagnosis to observe patterns of brain […]
The York Festival runs from the 7th to the 16th March in and around York. The York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC) is holding an open day, so if you fancy a return trip or want to send your family to have a look now would be the ideal time. Wednesday 12th MarchYNiC, The Biocentre, York Science […]
Follow this link for PC compatible software for playing with MRI datasets: MRIcro You can find example datasets on the internet. We’ll post some more links soon.
Today we discussed what ‘Ethics’ are or what the term actually means. It’s difficult to define exactly but the term covers many ideas about, for instance, right/wrong, public and personal values, the influence and role of society, religion, law. There are also many other things to discuss when talking about ethics – these ideas are […]
Here is a link to the presentation made by Sam on the MRI scanner:YNIC Presentation Right-click and select ‘Save Target As…’ The file is about 8MB in size.
Today we had our introductory session at YNiC – thanks to Sam and colleagues for doing such a good job with the presentation and demos. We also handed out a short question sheet on what was covered today. Some of the answers will be used to provide supporting information for the exhibition when it opens. […]
Just flicked through Heston Blumenthal’s cookbook ‘Further Pursuits in the search of Perfection’ (he is a celebrity chef who runs The Fat Duck). In it he uses an MRI machine to measure the pleasure generated by a good chilli. “Heston took one of his chefs for an MRI scan to discover the effect that feeding […]
This first session introduced the project team, the project itself and the background in terms of portraiture, MRI, Ethics and work we have done before as a team. The presentation is available as a pdf here.
