Neuroimaging

The MSc Neuroimaging provides training in all the scientific and methodological aspects of Neuroimaging. This programme offers a strong applied element, including practical experience of scanning techniques and analysis methodologies. During their time at the Institute of Psychiatry, the students develop the broad set of skills that are essential to anybody wanting to work in the competitive world of Neuroimaging.

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• The Department of Neuroimaging provides an interdisciplinary research environment, which specialises in a world-leading combination of application-oriented brain imaging and analysis techniques. Neuroimaging is today one of the most successful research fields within the Institute of Psychiatry.
• Breadth of applications including psychiatry, neurology, psychology, clinical neuroscience, neuroscience and beyond.
• Based in the state-of-the-art Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences (CNS), with direct access to five MR scanners (one 1.5T, three 3T and one preclinical 7T) and to an EEG lab.
• Strong partnerships with sister hospitals, industry and other research centres hosting complementary technologies such as PET, MEG, CT, Ultrasound and Stem Cell Imaging.
• A world-class team of academic physicists and methodologists as well as leading psychiatrists, neurologists, psychologists and clinical psychologists.
• Extensive collaborations within the College, as well as with other universities and industry.
• Lectures given by experts in their field providing students with in-depth knowledge of their subject areas.
• Strong practical and experiential course components aimed at immersing students in all aspects of day-to-day neuroimaging techniques and their applications.

PURPOSEThrough this programme, the Department of Neuroimaging aims to apply its collective expertise to the development of the next generation of Neuroimaging specialists through the teaching of both the scientific and methodological aspects of neuroimaging techniques and applications. The programme is aimed at an inclusive audience, but would be of particular interest to mathematicians, engineers, physicists, psychologists, radiographers, and medical professionals.

DESCRIPTION

This programme aims to train the neuroimaging researchers of tomorrow by focusing on teaching the scientific and methodological aspects of neuroimaging techniques in tandem with their application to psychiatry, neurology, psychology, clinical psychology, neuroscience, and beyond, in specialisms from autism to motor neurone disease.

In addition to theoretical approaches, the course has a strong applied element, allowing students to gain practical experience of scanning techniques, with a focus on the skills needed to run a scanning session and to analyse and interpret the data produced. The course also includes visits to other centres providing PET, MEG and NIRS amongst other imaging techniques.

By covering all aspects of Neuroimaging, from imaging physics to its applications in the study of rare clinical populations the Department of Neuroimaging aims to provide students with a broad set of skills, which will help them to thrive in their ensuing career choices.