Information about courses taught by Dr. Stroman
Neuroscience 803 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
This is a graduate level course and will normally be offered each September - December term.
This course is again offered this fall term (Sept-Dec 2025) and will be in-person.
Lectures will be 2 days/week each 1.5 hours long, and will be Tuesdays/Thursdays 10:30-12:00 in Bracken Library, room 122, starting September 9th. The lectures will be supplemented by the course text book "Essentials of Functional MRI". Two copies of the course text are available in Bracken Library (1st and 2nd editions). However, all required information, materials, etc., will be provided in the course lecture notes, and it is not required to purchase this book.
At the end of the term students will do a term project which consists of designing an MRI acquisition protocol. If possible (MRI schedule permitting), the project results will used to acquire images of a human volunteer during one session in the MRI Facility.
Registering in the course requires permission from the instructor. (email stromanp@queensu.ca for permission) This is primarily for determining the range of background training spanned by the students taking the course, so that lectures can be adjusted accordingly.
The course outline for 2025 is available below.
Course Outline for Fall 2025 (149 KB)
Neuroscience 403 - Introduction to Neuroimaging
This is the 10th year this course has been offered (winter 2026) and will normally be offered each January-April term.
This course will again be offered Jan-April 2026, and will be delivered in-person.
Lectures will cover basic concepts, theory, and applications, of neuroimaging methods, with a focus on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), for research, and for clinical use.
At the end of the term students will do a term project which consists of examining/critiquing a current application of neuroimaging.
Course Outline for Winter 2026 (143 KB)
For more information:
Contact Dr. Patrick Stroman by email at stromanp@queensu.ca if you want more information about the courses described above.
Text book on MRI:
Textbook on MRI fundamentals, theory, and fMRI theory and applications, used for NSCI 803, and as a reference for NSCI 403.
Essentials of Functional MRI: From Basic Concepts to Advanced Applications (2nd Ed.), Routledge Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Jan 2025
Written by P. Stroman
A copy is available in Bracken Library, Queen's University. The 1st edition of this book is also available in Bracken Library.