446. Heraeus-Seminar "Optical Imaging of Brain Function"

446. WE-Heraeus-Seminar

Optical Imaging of

Brain Function

December 7-10, 2009

Bad Honnef, Germany

Scientific Organization	Scope	Programme	Location
Travel Information	Registration	Contact	Funding and Local Organization

Scientific Organization

Thomas Gisler, Universität Konstanz, Germany
Martin Wolf, Universität Zürich, Switzerland

Funding and Local Organization

Funding and local organization of the workshop is generously provided by the Wilhelm- und Else-Heraeus-Stiftung, a non-profit organization aimed at supporting education and research in science, in particular physics.

Scope

In the past few years optical methods for non-invasive imaging and detection of human brain function have seen rapid progress, in particular due to their ability to provide painless and harmless measurements with high temporal resolution and intrinsic functional contrast. Established techniques such as near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and imaging (NIRI) now benefit from enhanced spatial resolution brought by parallelized emission and detection and novel data analysis approaches. On the other hand, the introduction of wireless instruments has opened the door to many new clinical applications, and new techniques such as diffusing-wave spectroscopy (DWS) allow to access functional blood flow changes.

This workshop is focused on the interdisciplinary discussion of recent developments in optical imaging of human brain function, bringing together scientists and engineers with users from medicine and psychology.

The workshop will consist of invited talks, a small number of contributed talks and a poster session which will be open during the 3 days of the workshop. We particularly encourage contributions from PhD students and postdoctoral researchers working in biomedical optics, physics and related fields.

Programme

Schedule (updated Nov. 24, 2009)
Poster Presentations (updated Nov. 25, 2009)

Location

The workshop takes place in the Physik-Zentrum in Bad Honnef, Germany.

Travel Information

Bad Honnef is easily reached from the international airports of Köln-Bonn or Frankfurt am Main. Further travel information is available here.

Registration

The registration is closed.

Contact

Dr. Thomas Gisler

Universität Konstanz
Fachbereich Physik
Fach 688
D-78457 Konstanz
Germany

Phone

+49 (0)7531 88-3868

Fax

+49 (0)7531 88-3090

E-mail

thomas.gisler@uni-konstanz.de

Dr. Martin Wolf

Universitätsspital Zürich
Klinik für Neonatologie
Frauenklinikstr. 10
CH-8091 Zürich
Switzerland

Phone

+41 (0)1 255 5346

E-mail

martin.wolf@alumni.ethz.ch