This wiki is intended to help researchers share knowledge and information about the imaging techniques and projects that are running at CISC. To contribute to this wiki you should click on the Login button at the top or bottom of this page.

A quick-start guide to help you contribute to this wiki is found here . Some suggested sections to create include:

• CISC contact list (including radiographers, technical support, medical covers, admin etc.)
• Virtual tour of the control room with different PCs and equipment labelled
• Table of senior staff researchers, their contacts and areas of imaging expertise
• Accessing the sn_analysis servers and mapping the cisc1 and 2 drives

If you are a new user you need to Register by the clicking the link in the top right of this page

COVID precautions are no longer required at CISC.

However, please do not come into CISC if you or your participant are experiencing cold / flu or COVID type symptoms.

Updated Oct 2023

Before working in CISC you will need to have the following:

• Building induction
• MRI safety session with our MR Safety Expert

Both of these can be arranged by contacting Jan Bush j.bush@bsms.ac.uk

Join the cisc forum slack workgroup and email list to ask questions, get involved with discussions, and keep up-to-date with the latest developments at CISC.

Slack Workgroup: https://join.slack.com/t/ciscforum/shared_invite/zt-1qkpxz3xy-HEtCU0kbwQnkMYPSM2o4PA

CISC Forum Mailing List: You can request access to the CISC Forum mailing group by sending a message to Chris Racey (c.racey@sussex.ac.uk). This group is used to disseminate information relevant to CISC users, and advertise for the Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging (CNI) meetings. For more information, click here .

CNI Seminar Series: The Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging (CNI) meetings are for discussing planned, ongoing and completed projects andto seek CISC approval for project applications. For more information, click here.

This section explains the administrative process necessary before scanning and contains examples of successful applications to CISC for MRI projects.

• The Application Process - introduction to what is required before you can scan and links to the various forms you'll need
• Examples of Completed Ethics and CISC Applications Forms

Quick Downloads:

• CISC Project Proposal Application Form - complete and send to Pat Butler (p.butler@bsms.ac.uk)
• Research Scan Costing Pro Forma - complete and send to Stuart Welling (sjw@cooden.plus.com) with Pat Butler cc'ed (p.butler@bsms.ac.uk)
• CISC Scanning Protocol - complete and send to Jan Bush (j.bush@bsms.ac.uk) with Pat Butler cc'ed (p.butler@bsms.ac.uk)

This section contains forms and documentation relevant to MRI Scanning at CISC (NOTE: you must login before downloading these files)

• MRI Safety Questionnaire (2024)
• Advice for Researchers Regarding Tattoos
• Notes on Incidental Findings
• How to Wear Ear Plugs
• CISC Pilot Policy

This section contains details about booking the CISC resources including the MRI Scanner and Seminar Room.

• Link to Calpendo Bookings System
• Calpendo User Guide - you need to login to the wiki to download this file

This section contains details about the scanner hardware we have available at the CISC.

• MRI Scanner - general information about the scanner hardware
• Siemens Documentation - information about the scanner and pulse sequences
• Interactive Scanner QA - Browse the scanner QA archive (2007-present)
• QA Reports - archive for scanner performance reports
• PET/CT Scanner - PET scanner hardware information
• Peripheral Equipment - details of some of the peripheral equipment used with th MRI scanner
• Pulse Sequence Acquisition Parameters - Standard acquisition sequences frequently used in MR studies at CISC
• Projector information: Visual stimuli are projected via a Sony Bright Era 3LCD projector

This section includes information about how imaging data is stored and accessed at CISC and what hardware is available to researchers to analyse their data.

• Getting your Data - Where is your imaging data stored? How can you access it?
• Network Diskspace for CISC - useful for users of the apollo cluster
• The Sussex High-Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster
• Matlab Specific Information
• Stimulus PCs

We aim to support your volunteer recruitment efforts as much as possible by maintaining a database of individuals interested in participating in research projects at CISC. We can share details about your upcoming projects with these individuals via a mailing list. If they meet your screening criteria and express interest, they can reach out to you directly. Additionally, if you currently have participants who may be interested in taking part in future projects led by other researchers, please encourage them to complete the consent form and send it to cisc@bsms.ac.uk or follow the link below.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=kLsAqf6UWEaLNN1yCExQZFKuZs-ksHFOtvlZ0_aY1pxUNUNYUzlUV0o5REMwT0s4SDMyREkxNFpWQi4u

• :consent_form_participant_database.docx

• For any IT issues encountered regarding servers or VPN connections, for example, please log a ticket below, or alternatively post the issue in the CISC slack workgroup. Click here to log a ticket.

• Technical Guides
• fMRI Crash Course
• Quantitative MR Acquisition Guides
• MR data processing guide - a work-in-progress page to unify data analysis at CISC
• Useful Online tutorials - a collection of links to tutorials for MRI or related analysis
• Video Guide to prepreprocessing with fmriprep for Sussex/CISC acquired data - walks through step by step fmriprep processing using the Sussex Neuroscience analysis infrastructure, the cisc volumes, and the Apollo2 HPC cluster. All necessary script files are available here.
• Topup Fieldmap Video Guide - for generating topup field maps to apply for subsequent processing in MATLAB/SPM/FSL/HCP pipeline. All of the example scripts and dependencies can be found here
• Working with parcellated data in wbview (HCP Pipeline) - for loading in and working on parcellated cifti files in wbview. Example scripts and functions are available here.
• Video Guide to freesurfer processing for Sussex/CISC acquired data - walks through step by step freesurfer processing using the Sussex Neuroscience analysis infrastructure, the cisc volumes, and the Apollo2 HPC cluster.

• Sussex Neuroimaging Methods meetings 2018 - 2019 schedule. Incorporated into CNI - See above
• MRI technique users - if you are looking for advice on a particular analysis technique, this page lists the neuroimaging skills and expertise of CISC members
• Clinical Trials Unit presentation (19/02/2016) - the slides from Nicky Perry and Debbie Lambert's presentation are available here
• Covid Safety Induction - We are happy to announce that general research activity will be resuming in the CISC building. If you are planning to restart your project at CISC you will first need to complete the induction procedure. Click here to visit the CISC COVID-safety Induction page.