BIOMAG 2008 International Conference on Biomagnetism 2008
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Program
Prenary Lecture
Symposium (tentative)
Workshop (tentative)
Satellite Symposium (tentative)
Plenary Lecture
Speakers (tentative) of plenary lectures
Riitta Hari Helsinki, Finland
  Time matters from senses to cognition
Nobukazu Nakasato Sendai, Japan
  Uses of clinical MEG beyond spike and functional mapping
Ole Jensen Nijmegen, the Netherlands
  How slow event-related fields are created from cognitive modulations in oscillatory brain activity
Guido Nolte Berlin, Germany
  Studying brain connectivity with EEG/MEG using time delays
Kensuke Sekihara Tokyo, Japan
  Adaptive inverse modeling: current status of research and future directions
Jun Tanji Tokyo, Japan
  A new look at the workings of premotor and prefrontal cortex
Symposium (Tentative)
August 26 (Tuesday) 13:30-15:30
Symposium 1:  Phase (Basic MEG)

Organizers
T. Nagamine, Japan
R. Ilmoniemi, Finland

Speakers
R. Ilmoniemi, Finland
Mechanism for evoked responses
T. Kawase, Japan
Neuromagnetic evaluation of binaural unmasking
F. Tecchio, Italy
Somatosensory dynamic gamma-band synchrony: a neural code of sensorimotor dexterity
K. Jerbi, France
Long-range multi-frequency synchronization reveals large-scale sensorimotor networks in MEG source space
M. Butz, Germany
Relevance of pathological oscillatory synchronization revealed by MEG


Symposium 2: Inverse Modeling and Signal Processing.

Organizers
A. Matani, Japan
J.C. De Munck, Netherland

Speakers
S. Nagarajan, USA
Bayesian methods for electromagnetic source reconstructions
D. Pantazis, USA
Custom ANCOVA models for Statistical Inference in MEG
V. Nikulin, Germany
Neuronal oscillations and evoked responses
Jan C. De Munck, Netherland
The modulation of brain rhythms studied with MEG, EEG and fMRI
A. Matani, Japan
Phase series analysis: Another averaging method for analyzing ERF/ERP
 
August 26 (Tuesday) 16:00-18:00
Symposium 3: Human Brain Development

Organizers
Y. Okada, USA
R. Wakai, USA

Speakers
C. Lowery, USA
Fetal, neonatal MEG
E. Pihko, Finland
Newborn, infants, children and adults - somatosensory
T. Imada, USA
Cognitive Function
J. Stephen, USA
Cerebral palsy, epilepsy and autism
Tim Roberts, Canada
Autism
D. Cheyne, Canada
Neural sources associated with early processing of facial emotions
 

Symposium 4:  Multimodal imaging

Organizers
N. Fujimaki, Japan
M.S. Hamalainen, USA

Speakers
T. Sander, Germany
Relationship between vascular and neuronal signals measured using broadband MEG and time resolved NIRS
J. Riera, Japan
Experimental evidence and modelling for the astrocytic networks underlying sustained functional hyperemia via metabolic wave
J. Kilner, UK
Dynamic causal modelling of event related responses
M. Sato, Japan
Hierarchical Bayesian approach for multi-modal neuro-imaging
C. Grova, Canada
Multimodal analysis of epileptic discharges: concordance between BOLD responses in EEG-fMRI studies and EEG/MEG distributed sources
 
August 28 (Thursday) 13:30-15:00
Symposium 5: Magnetic particles

Organizers
I. Nemoto, Japan
W. Moeller, Germany 

Speakers
C. Rudolph, Germany
Magnetic drug targeting to the lung
D. Eberbeck / L. Trahms, Germany
Magnetrelaxometry for quality management of magnetic nanoparticles for applications in medicine and bioanalytics
T. Matsunaga, Japan
Biomineralization of magnetite in bacteria
O. Baffa, Brazil
Particles in gastroenterology
 
August 28 (Thursday) 15:30-17:00
Symposium 6: Instrumentation

Organizers
G. Uehara, Japan
D. Cheyne, Canada

Speakers
T. Walker, USA
Atomic magnetometer design for MCG
C. Fermon, France
Magnetoresistive technology for biomagnetic applications
P. Volegov, USA
T1/T2 Weighted Imaging at Ultra Low Field MRI
Y.H. Lee, Korea
A compact whole-head MEG system for supine position measurement

The other speakers and titles are to be announced.
 
August 29 (Friday) 10:30-12:30
Symposium 7: MEG (Clinical)

Organizers
K. Kamada, Japan
A. Papanicolaou, USA

Speakers
H. Otsubo, Canada
MEG for epilepsy surgery in children with intractable epilepsies
R. Paetau, Finland
MEG as part of epilepsy surgery planning. -Helsinki experience
S. M. Bowyer, USA
Coherence analysis of brain activity associated with Tinnitus
G. L. Romani, Italy
Sensorymotor system; multi-modality
S. Rampp, Germany
Focus localization using MEG/EEG frequency analysis
 

Symposium 8: Advances in MCG

Organizers
Y. Nakaya, Japan
J. Haueisen, Germany

Speakers
K. Nakai, Japan
Clinical Significance of Three-dimensional Spectral Map of Atrial Fibrillation by a 64 Channel Magnetocardiogram
M. Nomura, Japan
Detection of cardiac dipole using a current density map using MCG
A. Kandori, Japan
Animal and Human Magnetocardiogram
M. Göernig, Germany
Diagnosis of coronary artery disease by Digital Subtraction Magnetic Field Imaging (DS-MFI)
D. Kim , Korea
Clinical Application of Magnetocardiography ; MCG Map-guided Minimal Atrial Fibrillation Surgery for chronic AF patient
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Workshop (Tentative)
August 27 (Wednesday) 13:30-15:00
Workshop 1: Combination of MEG and low field magnetic resonance imaging

Organizers
R. H. Kraus, USA
M. Burghoff, Germany

Speakers
P. Bandetini, USA
Neuronal current imaging with MRI: Current status and future prospects
J. Clarke, USA
Magnetic resonance imaging in microtesla fields.
M. Espy, USA
Simultaneous measurement of ultra-low field magnetic resonance images and brain functio
M. Burghoff, Germany
A 304-channel SQUID system for MEG and low field MRI
A. M. Cassarà, Italy
Feasibility of neuronal current MRI at low fields
 
August 27 (Wednesday) 13:30-15:00
Workshop 2: Does occipital gamma reflect more than stimulus representations?

Organizers
A. Takashima, Netherlands
G. Barnes, UK

Speakers
A. Hadjipapas, UK
Spontaneous oscillations in primary visual cortex contain stimulus specific information
M. Wibral, Germany
Visual gamma oscillations in normal and pathological brain functioning
N. Hoogenboom, UK
Enhanced gamma frequency synchronization in visual cortex preceding stimulus change predicts faster response times
A. Takashima, Netherlands
Occipital gamma activity reflects working and long-term memory operations
 
August 27 (Wednesday) 15:00-16:30
Workshop 3: Changes in neural orchestration and the neural code

Organizers
A. Daffertshofer, Netherlands
T. Mima, Japan

Speakers
C. Gerloff, Germany
Neural synchrony during bimanual motor behaviour and visuotactile integration
P. Tass, Germany
Stimulus-locked response clustering and transient stochastic synchronization and desynchronization in visual areas
M. Breakspear, Australia
Nonlinear brain networks: Effect of context and load on dynamic network architecture
S. Houweling, Netherlands
Dynamics of neural synchronization during complex motor performance
 
August 27 (Wednesday) 15:00-16:30
Workshop 4: MEG based analysis of spontaneous cortical oscillations

Organizers
S. S. Cash, USA
A. Kato, Japan

Speakers
D. Cohen, USA
Historical perspectives on using MEG to explore spontaneous cortical activity
R. Hari, Finland
About MEG alpha, mu, tau, and sigma rhythms
E. Halgren, USA
MEG and EEG give different views of sleep spindles that are resolved
by intracranial recordings
A. Ikeda, Japan
Movement-related changes in human cortical MEG activity
A. Kato, Japan
Spontaneous rhythms in pathological states
 
August 28 (Thursday) 13:30-15:00
Workshop 5: MEG and fMRI presurgical functional mapping in epilepsy

Organizers
W.H. Theodore, USA
K. Kamada, Japan

Speakers
W. H. Theodore, USA
Preoperative functional mapping in epilepsy: Problems and approaches
K. Kamada, Japan
Comparison of MEG and fMRI for preoperative language mapping: the advantages of complementary techniques
E. Pang, Canada
FMRI and MEG: technical and methodological advantages and pitfalls.
O. Ganslandt, Germany
Structural and metabolic correlates of functional anatomy: evidence from DTI and MRS.
 
August 28 (Thursday) 15:30-17:00
Workshop 6: The spatial and dynamic characteristic of an epileptic network

Organizers
P. Ossenblok, Netherlands
N. Nakasato, Japan

Speakers
H. Shiraishi, Japan
Magnetoencephalography analysis to demonstrate widespread or multi-focal epileptogenic regions
M. Le van Quyen, France
Analysis of the dynamics of electro-magnetic ictal recordings
P. Ossenblok, Netherlands
MEG analysis of epileptic networks in relation to EEG-fMRI results
L. Lemieux, U.K.
Spatio-temporal patterns of haemodynamic change associated with generalised spike and wave discharges in humans
 
August 29 (Friday) 8:30-10:00
Workshop 7: Visions of audition past and present - in memoriam M. Hoke

Organizers
B. Lütkenhöner, Germany
J. Mäkelä, Finland

Speakers
B. Lütkenhöner, Germany
Early MEG research on audition revisited
N. Fujiki, Japan
Cortical representation of hearing disorders and evaluation of binaural interaction
D. Poeppel, USA
The contribution of MEG for current issues in auditory neuroscience
I. Jääskeläinen, Finland
Spatiotemporal brain imaging of human auditory cognition

 
August 29 (Friday) 8:30-10:00
Workshop 8:
Recent advances in fetal magnetocardiography

Organizers
S. Comani, Italy
J. Strasburger, USA

Speakers
S. Comani, Italy
Fetal MCG processing for an optimal extraction of fetal magnetocardiographic signals in single and multiple pregnancy
P. Van Leeuwen, Germany
Coordination of maternal and fetal cardiac rhythms
H. Preissl, USA-Germany
Application of fetal magnetocardiography in high risk pregnancies
J. Strasburger, USA
Simultaneous fetal magnetocardiography and ultrasound/Doppler imaging
U. Schneider, Germany
Fetal heart rate variability as a marker for neurovegetative development in normal and high risk pregnancies
H. Horigome, Japan
Emerging clinical applications of fetal MCG
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Satellite Symposium (tentative)
August 25 (Monday) 9:00-16:30
Satellite Symposium 1:  
New MEG artifact rejection methods: extension of the clinical applications of MEG

Organizers
J. Mäkelä, Finland
S. Tobimatsu, Japan

Speakers
S. Taulu, Finland
Theoretical basis of MEG artifact suppression
J. Mäkelä, Finland
MEG effects of neurostimulation in ParkinsonÍs disease and in chronic pain
M. Kringelbach, UK
Neural mechanisms of deep brain stimulation revealed by MEG
M. Funke, USA
MEG effects of vagus nerve stimulation
S. Tobimatsu, Japan
Removal of environmental MEG artifacts by the new filtering methods


Satellite Symposium 2 :   Uncovering the mechanisms of language processing by MEG

Organizers
C. Dobel, Germany

Speakers
S. Koyama, Japan
B. Maess, Germany
A. Gunji, Japan
C. Dobel, Germany
L. Pylkkanen, USA
F. Pulvermller, UK


Satellite Symposium 3 :  Attentional modulation of auditory signal-in-noise processing

Organizers
H. Okamoto, Germany
T. Knoesche, Germany

Speakers
H. Stracke, Germany
Attentional effects on population-level frequency tuning in human auditory cortex
T. Knoesche, Germany
Neural networks underlying the processing of music are modulated by formal training and acculturation.
M. Yumoto, Japan
Neuromagnetic cortical representation of auditory prediction
S. Herholz, Germany
Effects of musical imagery in musicians and nonmusicians


Satellite Symposium 4:  Signal Processing and Source Localization in Biomagnetism

Organizers
J. Vrba, USA
S. S. Nagarajan, USA
K. Sekihara, Japan

Session 1:
Speakers
S. Robinson, USA
Beamformer imaging of frequency differences
R. Oostenveld, Netherlands
Optimized statistical contrasts using beamformers
M. Brookes, UK
Beamformer imaging: Accuracy and interference rejection
J. Vrba
Comparison of beamformer constructs

Session 2:
Speakers
J. Kilner, UK
to be announced
D. Wipf, USA
Bayesian methods for tomographic imaging
M. Sato, Japan
Hierarchical Bayesian models for source localization
W. Ou, USA
to be announced

Session 3:
Speakers
K. Jerbi, USA
Algorithm for estimating inter-frequency coupling in MEG/EEG data
H. Preissl, USA
to be announced
G. Nolte, Garmany
Estimating direction of information flux from EEG/MEG data
T. Limpiti, USA
to be announced

satellite symposium 4 detail (PDF)



Satellite Symposium 5 :  From Functional Imaging to Braim Machine Interface

Organizers
T. Yoshimine, Japan

Speakers
Y. Kamitani, Japan

Neural decoding with fMRI and MEG
M. Hirata, Japan
MEG oscillation analysis to ECoG BMI
H. Yokojo, Japan
FMRI Change of phantom limb with a robot arm


Satellite Symposium 6 :  TBD

Organizers
TBD

Speakers
TBD
 
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