Designing studies

There are many important issues that need to be considered when designing an fMRI experiment, at many different levels.

General principles

• DesignBasics - some ideas on asking the right kinds of scientific questions with fMRI

• [:UnderstandingFmri:Learning about the physics of fMRI]

• DesignEfficiency - considerations on how to construct an imaging experiment that has sufficient power

Useful tips

• [:TipsForDataAcquisition:Tips for data acquisition]

• [:TipsForSuccessfulScanning:Tips for successful scanning]

• For stimulus delivery on the CBU scanner see the MRI facility wiki pages - CbuStimulusDelivery

• ScanProtocols - CBU defaut imaging protocols

• [wiki:WritingStimulusDeliveryPrograms Writing stimulus delivery programs]

• [wiki:ScannerSync Using scanner sync] to synchronise your stimulus delivery program with the scanner

Try the [:StudentForum:student forum for helpful tips]