Health Talks: Brain Imaging for Improved Research and Therapies, December 8

Welcome to the next free online event on December 8 from the Health Talks series – health, life sciences and entrepreneurship talks organised by Aalto University, Health Design, Health Hub Tampere, HealthTurku, HiLIFE, Kuopio Health, OuluHealth, Terkko Health Hub, Upgraded – Health Startup Association of Finland, Laurea Entrepreneurship Society, Metropolia Entrepreneurship Society and Xes Helsinki.

In this Health Talks event, experts in brain imaging and brain therapies discuss new software, AI, and medical device technologies that may come to offer significant value for neuroscience and medical treatments worldwide.

Specifically, the presentations delve in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional MRI, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and related artificial intelligence technologies. Each presentation is directly followed by a Q&A session.

The event is jointly organized by Aalto University and Kuopio Health, and the speakers hold positions at Aalto and the University of Eastern Finland.

Date and time
Thu, December 8, 2022, 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM EET

Agenda:

15:00 – Welcome to today’s Health Talks by Aalto and Kuopio Health

15:10 – Dr. Jaakko Paasonen, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio: “Silent and artefact-free magnetic resonance imaging method for behavior-related studies of whole-brain function”

15:30 – Prof. Jussi Tohka, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio: “Machine learning in brain imaging"

15:50 – Dr. Victor Hugo Souza, Aalto University: “Personalized network stimulation: Combining neuroimaging with multi-channel transcranial magnetic stimulation”

16:15 – Closing words

Prof. Hanna Renvall (MD, PhD) from Aalto University and the Helsinki University Hospital (HUS) will participate by commentary during Q&A sessions.

For more info check the Health Talks webpage