Curriculum Vitae

Jorge Jovicich


Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of Trento
Co-Director, Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, Center for Mind-Brain Sciences

Center for Mind-Brain Sciences
Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, Co-Director
Corso Bettini, 31
38068 Rovereto, Italy

Office Phone: (+39)- 0461 - 88 30 64
Office FAX:   (+39)- 0461 - 88 30 66
Email: jorge.jovicich AT unitn DOT it

Education

Jan 1999    Ph.D. in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
                Max-Planck-Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience Leipzig, Germany
                     Thesis: An investigation of the use of Gradient- and Spin-echo (GRASE)
                                    imaging for functional magnetic  resonance imaging
                     Thesis advisor: David G. Norris.

Sep 1994   M.Sc. in Medical Imaging
                University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
                     Thesis: Physiological monitoring in a strong magnetic field
                     Thesis advisors: James Hutchison and Margaret Foster.

Mar 1993    Licentiate Physics
                 Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
                      Thesis: Monte Carlo simulation of synchrotron radiation mammography
                      Thesis advisor: Marcelo Rubio.

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Research

Jan 2006 – Present   Center for Mind Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Italy

                                        Assistant Professor, MRI Lab Co-Director                              

·         Optimization and development of high field MRI methods for cognitive neurosciences

 

 

May 2002 - Dec 2005  Brain Morphometry Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN)
                                      Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant in Neuroscience
                                      Harvard Medical School, Instructor in Radiology

        • Calibration and standardization of structural MR image acquisition protocols to facilitate precise quantitative evaluation of MR data gathered across multiple sites and multiple MRI system vendors


Sep 2000 - Jan 2002    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
                                           Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

        •  Research in visual object cognition with Nancy Kanwisher


Apr 1999 - Aug 2000    California Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
                                           Postdoctoral Fellow, Computation and Neural Systems, Division of Biology

        • Research in visual object cognition and visual attention with Christof Koch
        • Research aimed at combining fMRI, psychophysics and computational modeling
        • Investigation of attentional load effects in a motion tracking task
        • Investigation of human face cartoons identity and featural representations
        • Responsible of fMRI experimental design, data acquisition and post processing
        • Learned to operate a GE 1.5 Tesla MRI system
        • Learned to use Statistical Parametric Mapping for functional MRI data analysis

 

Apr 1999 - Aug 2000    Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, U.S.A.
                                            Research Volunteer, Departments of Neurology and Radiology

        • Collaborated with clinical research of Thomas Ernst (Radiology) and Linda Chang (Neurology)
        • Performed acquisition and processing of proton MRS, perfusion, diffusion, functional MRI
        • Interacted with several patient populations (kids and adults, illegal drug users, HIV)
        • Involved in studies aimed at assessing chemical, physiological and functional deficits
        • Conducted functional MRI studies in a clinical environment:
          •     Pre-surgical planning (identification of language and motor areas)
          •     Research: attention and working memory studies


Sep 1996 - Jan 1999    Max-Planck-Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience Leipzig, Germany
                                         Ph.D. Research, MR Group

        • Gained experience with MR hardware through a thorough quality control of a 3 Tesla Bruker MR system
        • Learned to operate a 3 Tesla Bruker MR system
        • Gained experience with MRI pulse sequence programming and implementation
        • Implemented and tested of Gradient- and Spin-Echo imaging (GRASE) at 3 Tesla
        • Developed computer models to assess image artifacts of GRASE
        • Proposed novel Template Interactive Phase-Encoding method (patented)
        • Implemented GRASE-based BOLD for functional MRI
        • Helped with the supervision of an undergraduate's thesis work

Oct 1994 - Jun 1995    Medical Research Council, Radiobiology Unit, United Kingdom
                                         Working Visitor, MR Division

        •  Involved in the research performed at the NMR group of the Experimental Oncology Division
        •  Gained experience with the operation and maintenance of a 4.7 Tesla Varian system
        •  Assisted in the construction of surface MR coils
        •  Collaborated with the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory to produce hyperpolarized Xe. Helped with:
          •   Design and construction of glassware and vacuum system
          •   Design and construction of optical system, polarization coils
          •   Design and construction of a hyperpolarized gas transportation system
          •   Preliminary hyperplarization MR experiments in-vitro


Sep 1993 - Sep 1994     University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
                                           M.Sc. Research, Department of Bio-Medical Physics and Bio-Engineering

        •  Designed, constructed and tested physiological monitors for animal MRI research
        •  Designed, constructed and tested a respiratory simulator to test physiological monitors
        •  Assessed the performance of piezoelectric, capacitive and inductive physiological monitors

Jan - Feb 1992       National Laboratory of Synchrotron Light, Brazil
                                    Summer Course, Vacuum Group

        •   Worked with the vacuum group, gained experience with vacuum measurement instruments and pumps
        •   Work and training focused on procedures to reach ultra-high vacuum for the electron accelerator

Mar 1992 - Mar 1993    National University of Córdoba, Argentina
                                             Graduate Research, Medical Physics Group

        • Gained experience with the theory of Monte Carlo simulations of photon transport through matter
        • Wrote computer simulation programs of mammography studies to calculate the absorbed radiation dose
        • Programmed simulations to assess advantages of synchrotron radiation for mammography

 


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Science Project Management

May 2002 - Dec 2005  Project Manager
                                      Brain Morphometry Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN)
                                      Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant in Neuroscience
                                      Harvard Medical School, Instructor in Radiology

        • Overall project management for the Morpholometry BIRN grant
        • Co-investigator of the MRI calibration group

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Teaching Experience

2006 - Present     Lecturer    University of Trento, Italy

  • Imaging per la Medizina, Laurea Magistrale in Fisica (32 hour-course)
  • Biologia Applicata, Laurea Magistrale in Scienze Cognitive (32 hour-course)
  • Topical Seminar: Neuroimaging Methods, CIMEC PhD Program (24 hours-course)

2003 - 2005  MIT Open Course Ware 
                   HST.583 Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Data Acquisition and Analysis

2002       Lecturer
2001      Co-Director, Teaching Assistant, Lecturer, Web-page administrator
               HST.583: Functional MR data acquisition and analysis
               Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard - MIT, USA
               12 units, 2 hours of lecture, 2 hours of laboratory and 1 hour tutorial/ week
               Fall semester (September - December)

2001      Co-Director, Teaching Assistant, Lecturer
                9.91 Lectures: Functional MRI of High Level Vision (6 units)
                9.92 Lab: Functional MRI of High Level Vision (12 units, only with Lecture Course)
                Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
                Spring Semester (February - June)

2000      Co-Director, Teaching Assistant, Lecturer
               Bi23: An Introduction to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
                Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, USA
                3 units, 2 hours of lecture per week, Third Term (March - June)

2000     9.63 Lab in Cognitive Science: Novel Experimental Techniques in Cognitive Science
               Invited Lecturer: Novel Experimental Techniques in Cognitive Science (Nov. 2000)
               Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

1998       Invited Lecturer: Technische Grundlagen der Kernspintomographie, Funktionelle Techniken in der Neruopsychologie
                Cognitive Clinicians Course at Max-Planck-Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience Leipzig, Germany

1993       Lecturer, Introduction to Computers, Secretary Level Course
                Department of Physics, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina

1993       Teaching Assistant, Chemical Physics, Undergraduate level Course
                Department of Physics, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina

 

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Thesis Supervision

2006

PhD Chiara Begliomini, HAND AND OBJECT: THE TWO SIDES OF THE REACH-TO-GRASP MOVEMENT, Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of Trento

      Supervisors: Prof. Umberto Castiello, Prof. Wolfgang Grodd, Prof. Remo Job, Dott. Jorge Jovicich

 

2008

MSc Andrea Mognon, TECNICHE AUTOMATICHE INNOVATIVE PER LA RIVELAZIONE DI ARTEFATTI OCULARI IN SEGNALI EEG, Engineering Faculty, University of Trento.

        Supervisors: Prof. Lorenzo Bruzzone, Dott. Jorge Jovicich.

        Co-Supervisors: Dott. Marco Buiatti, Ing. Michele Dalponte

 

 

MSc Nicola Soldati, AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS OF FMRI DATA FOR DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BRAIN RESTING STATES, Engineering Faculty, University of Trento.

        Supervisors: Prof. Lorenzo Bruzzone, Dott. Jorge Jovicich.

        Co-Supervisors: Dott. Simon Robinson, Ing. Claudio Persello

 

2009

MSc Christian Valt, THE BRAIN DEFAULT MODE NETWORK: A DESIGN OF BEHAVIOURAL EXPERIMENTS TO TEST INDEPENDENCE OF TASK, DIFFICULTY AND MODALITIES

         Supervisor: Dr. Jorge Jovicich

         Co-Supervisors: Dr. Pan Lin, Dr. Simon Robinson

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Community

  • New arrivals Program, Umana/Barnes Middle School, 312 Border St East Boston MA 02128
    • Volunteered to meet 6th grade class children to describe research in neuroscience, and to show them the MGH lab facilities. The goal is to motivate children to continue studying and to stimulate their curiosity for learning. Many of these children are native Spanish speakers who are just starting to learn English (Mar 2004)
    • Volunteered, along with other professionals, to assist to Career's Day to describe the science career (Sep 2004)
  • Partners Circle Member, support for Partners in Health (http://www.pih.org/index.html)
    • A non-profit organization, lead by Dr. Paul Farmer, whose mission is to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. I have contributed with donations and I am exploring other volunteer options.

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Invited Talks/Lectures

·         Basic Physics of MRI, for HST-532J Course: Hyperthermia: Biology, Technology, and Cancer Therapy,
Health Science and Technology, Harvard-MIT, Boston, USA, April 2004

·         Biomedical Informatics Research Network, The Key Lab of Cognitive Science,
Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, May 2004

·         Red de Investigación para Informįtica Biomédica, Centro de Investigaciones en Quķmica Biologica de Córdoba,
Facultad de Ciencias Quķmicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, July 2004

·                The National Center for Research and Care of Alzheimer's Disease
            IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio FBF, Brescia, Italy, April 10 2006.
·                Department of Physics and Medical Technology
                    VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 10 2006

·         Instituto Oncologico "Dr. Urrutia", Córdoba, Argentina, December 27, 2007

·         Winter School of Biophotonics, University of Trento, Trento, February 25, 2007

·         Italian Bruker Users' Meeting, Milan, June 25, 2008

·         Facultad de Matemįtica, Astronomia y Fķsica, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, November 12, 2008

·         Experiences and Optimisation of Multicentre MRI Research Studies, Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE), Edinburgh, 26 March 2010

 

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Editorial Boards

2003-        Ad-Hoc Grant Reviewer: Austrian Science Fundation
2003-        Ad-Hoc Abstract Reviewer: International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine,
                                                                    International IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference
2004-        Ad-Hoc Reviewer: Human Brain Mapping, Cortex, NeuroImage
2008-        Psyche, Journal of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness 
2008-        External Expert Reviewer: Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva, Spain

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Awards and Honors

2001             Athina Martinos Foundation Fellow, USA
1996-1999    Postgraduate fellowship by the Max-Planck-Institute, Germany
1993-1994    Postgraduate fellowship by the British Council, Argentina
1992             Undergraduate scholarship by the National Laboratory of Synchrotron Light, Brazil

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Professional Associations

1996-present       International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
2001-present       Society for Neuroscience
2002-present       The Organization for Human Brain Mapping

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Languages

  • Spanish: Native speaker
  • English: Fluent speaking, reading and writing
  • German: Fluent speaking, reading and writing
  • Italian: Fluent speaking, reading and writing

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Other

  • Argentinean Citizen

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Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

1.        Jovicich J, Norris DG. GRASE imaging at 3 Tesla with template interactive phase-encoding. Magn Reson Med. 1998;39(6):970-9. (PubMed)

2.        Jovicich J, Norris DG. Functional MRI of the human brain with GRASE-based BOLD contrast. Magn Reson Med. 1999;41(5):871-6. (PubMed)

3.        Chang L, Speck O, Miller EN, Braun J, Jovicich J, Koch C, Itti L, Ernst T. Neural correlates of attention and working memory deficits in HIV patients. Neurology. 2001; 57(6):1001-7.  (PubMed)

4.        Jovicich J, Peters RJ, Koch C, Braun J, Chang L, Ernst T. Brain areas specific for attentional load in a motion-tracking task. J Cogn Neurosci. 2001;13(8):1048-58. (PubMed)

5.        Ernst T, Chang L, Cooray D, Salvador C, Jovicich J, Walot I, Boone K, Chlebowski R. The effects of tamoxifen and estrogen on brain metabolism in elderly women. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2002;94(8):592-7.  (PubMed)

6.        Ernst T, Chang L, Jovicich J, Ames N, Arnold S. Abnormal brain activation on functional MRI in cognitively asymptomatic HIV patients. Neurology. 2002;59(9):1343-9. (PubMed)

7.        Chang L, Ernst T, Witt MD, Ames N, Walot I, Jovicich J, DeSilva M, Trivedi N, Speck O, Miller EN. Persistent brain abnormalities in antiretroviral-naive HIV patients 3 months after HAART. Antivir Ther. 2003;8(1):17-26. (PubMed)

  1. Jovicich J, Czanner S, Greve D, Haley E, Kouwe A, Gollub R, Kennedy D, Schmitt F, Brown G, MacFall J, Fischl B, Dale A. Reliability in Multi-Site Structural MRI Studies: Effects of Gradient Non-linearity Correction on Phantom and Human Data. NeuroImage, 2006, 30(2): 436-443. (PubMed)
  1. Han X., Jovicich J, Salat D, van der Kouwe A, Quinn B.T., Czanner S., Busa E., Pacheco J., Albert M., Killiany R., Maguire P, Rosas D., Makris N., Dale A., Dickerson B, Fischl B., Reliability of MRI-derived measurements of human cerebral cortical thickness: The effects of field strength, scanner upgrade and manufacturer, NeuroImage, 2006, 32(1):180-94.  (PubMed)
  2. Miller, M.I., Priebe, C., Qiu, A., Kolasny, A., Brown, T., Park, Y., Ratnanather, J.T., Busa, E., Jovicich. J., Yu, P., Dickerson, B., Buckner, R.L. and Morphometry BIRN. Collaborative Computational Anatomy: An MRI Morphometry Study of the Human Brain via Diffeomorphic Metric Mapping, Human Brain Mapping, 2009, 10(7), 2132-2141. (PubMed)
  3. Soldati N., Robinson S., Persello C., Jovicich J., Bruzzone L., "Automatic Classification of Brain Resting States using fMRI Temporal Signals". Electronics Letters, 2009, 45(1), p. 19-21. (IEEE Xplore)
  4. Jorge Jovicich; Silvester Czanner; Xiao Han; David Salat; Andre van der Kowe; Brian Quinn; Jenni Pacheco; Marilyn Albert; Ronald Killiany; Deborah Blacker; Paul Maguire; Diana Rosas; Nikos Makris; Randy Gollub; Anders Dale; Bradford Dickerson; Bruce Fischl. MRI-derived measurements of human subcortical, ventricular and intracranial brain volumes: Reliability effects of scan sessions, acquisition sequences, data analyses, scanner upgrade, scanner vendors and field strengths, NeuroImage, 2009, 46(1), 177-192. (PubMed)
  5. Simon Robinson, Gianpaolo Basso, Nicola Soldati, Uta Sailer, Jorge Jovicich, Lorenzo Bruzzone, Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Herbert Bauer and Ewald Moser, A resting state network in the motor control circuit of the basal ganglia. BMC Neuroscience, 2009, 10:137 (in press)

 

 

Proceedings from Meetings

 

1.        Jovicich J, Norris DG. Functional neuroimaging with GRASE: a comparison with GRE and SE sequences. In: Proc. 13th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology; Prague, Check Republic. 1996. p. 69.

 

2.        Jovicich J, Norris DG. Functional neuroimaging with GRASE: a comparison with GRE and SE sequences. In: Proc. 5thScientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Vancouver, Canada. 1997. p. 1622.

 

3.        Jovicich J, Norris DG. Template Interactive Phase-Encoding (TIPE): Application for short effective TE GRASE imaging at 3 Tesla. In: Proc. 14th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology; Brussels, Belgium. 1997. p. 49.

 

4.        Jovicich J, Norris DG. Funktionelle GRASE-Bildgebung bei 3 Tesla. In: Proc. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 1. Tagung der Deutsche Sektion; Freiburg, Germany. 1998. p. 37.

 

5.        Jovicich J, Norris DG. fMRI with GRASE at 3 T: initial evaluation using split-echo technique. In: Proc. 6th ScientificMeeting and Exhibition of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Sydney, Australia. 1998. p. 1448.

 

6.        Jovicich J, Peters RJ, Rees G, Chang L, Ernst T, Koch C. An fMRI investigation of holistic versus feature processing of faces. In: Proc Society for Neuroscience; New Orleans, LA. 2000. p. 104.1.

 

7.        Chang L., T. Ernst, M. Witt, M. DeSilva, J. Jovicich, I. Walot, N. Ames, N. Trivedi, E. Miller. Cerebral Metabolite Abnormalities in Antiretroviral-Naive HIV patients before and after HAART. In: Proc. 17th Annual Universitywide AIDS Research Program Meeting; San Francisco, CA. 2000.

 

8.        R.J. Peters, F. Gabbiani, J. Jovicich, C. Koch. Models of visual object representation in humans. In: Proc. 5th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society; San Francisco, USA. 2000.

 

9.        C. Koch, R.J. Peters, F. Gabbiani, J. Jovicich, T. Ernst, L. Chang. Psychophysics and physiology of figural perception in humans. In: Proc. 4th Annual Vision Research Conference; Sarasota, Fl. 2000.

 

10.     J. Jovicich, R.J. Peters, C. Koch, L. Chang, T. Ernst. Human perception of faces and face cartoons: an fMRI study. In: Proc. 8th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Denver, CO; 2000. p. 884.

 
  1. D.G. Norris, T. Mildner, C. Schwarzbauer, M. Koch, T. Jochimsen, C.J. Wiggins, J. Jovicich. Current Issues in Functional Brain Imaging. Proc. 15th European Experimental NMR Conference. 2000:L 28.

 

12.     Jovicich J, Peters R.J., Koch C., Braun J., Chang L., Ernst T. Brain Areas Specific for Attentional Load in a Motion Tracking Task. In: Second Annual Meeting, Vision Sciences; Sarasota, FL. 2001. p. 346.

 

13.     T. Ernst, L. Chang, J. Jovicich, S. Arnold. Abnormal Functional MRI in Cognitively Asymptomatic HIV Patients. In: Proc. 9th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Glasgow, UK. 2001. p. 667.

 

14.     Jovicich J, Peters R.J., Koch C., Braun J., Chang L., Ernst T. Brain Areas Specific for Attentional Load in a Motion Tracking Task. In: Proc. 9th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Glasgow, UK. 2001. p. 667.

 

15.     Ernst T, Chang L, Jovicich J, Ames N, Gaiefsky M, Arnold S. Abnormal Brain Activation on Functional MRI in Cognitively Asymptomatic HIV Patients. In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Neurology, 54th Annual Meeting; Denver, CO. 2002.

 

16.     J. Jovicich and N.G. Kanwisher. The "Visual Word Form Area" is not selective for words. In: Proc. 32nd Annual Meeting, Society for Neuroscience; Orlando, FL. 2002. p. 161.5.

 

17.     J. Jovicich, D. Greve, E. Haley, B. Fischl, A. Dale, Brain Morphology BIRN. Biomedical Informatics Research Network : Characterization and Correction of Image Distortions in Multi-Site Structural MRI. In: Human Brain Mapping, 9th Annual Meeting; New York, NY. 2003. p. 863.

 

18.     J.S. Grethe, J. Jovicich, M.E. Martone, S. Pieper, G.G. Brown, M.H. Ellisman, R.L. Gollub, Brain Morphometry BIRN, Mouse BIRN, FIRST BIRN, BIRN Coordinating Center. The Biomedical Informatics Research Network: Educational and Teaching Resources. In: Society for Neuroscience, 33th Annual Meeting; New Orleans, LA. 2003. p. 23.5.

 

19.     Jovicich, J., S. Pieper, M. Miller, R. Gollub, D. Rex, A. Bischoff-Grethe, R. Buckner, R. Krishnan, Brain Morphometry BIRN. Biomedical Informatics Research Network: Integrating multi-site neuroimaging data acquisition, data sharing and brain morphometric processing. In: Biomedical Information Science and Technology Initiative Consortium; Bethesda, Maryland. 2003. p. II-53.

 

20.     Beg, MF Ceritoglu C, Kolasny AE, Priebe CE, Ratnanather JT, Yashinski R, Younes L, Yu P, Jovicich J, Buckner RL, Pieper S, Fischl B, Miller MI. Biomeidcal Infomratics Research Network: Multi-site Processing pipeline for shape analysis of brain structures. In: Human Brain Mapping, 10th Annual Meeting; Budapest, Hungary. 2004.

 

21.     Jovicich, J., E. Haley, D. Greve, R. Gollub, D. Kennedy, B. Fischl, A. Dale. Brain Morphology BIRN; Reliability in Multi-Site Structural MRI Studies: Effects of gradient nonlinearity correction on volume and displacement of brain subcortical structures. In: Human Brain Mapping, 10th Annual Meeting; Budapest, Hungary. 2004.

 

22.     Jovicich, J. , D. Greve, E. Haley, D. Kennedy, Y. Tosa, R. L. Gollub, B. Fischl, A. Dale, B. Morphometry BIRN. Multi-site structural MRI studies: an evaluation of image distortions and image intensity reproducibility. In: International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 12th Annual Scientific Meeting; Kyoto, Japan. 2004. p. 136.

 

23.     Liu J, Jovicich J, Baker CI, Mangini M, Wald L, Kanwisher N. A left fusiform region that responds selectively to letter strings. In: Fourth Annual Meeting, Vision Sciences Society; Sarasota, FL. 2004. p. T98.

24.     Jovicich J, Grethe J, MacFall J, Gollub R, Pieper S, Rosen B "Distributed collaborations using neuroinformatics and information technology innovations." In: RSNA. Chicago, IL. 2004.

 

25.     Xiao Han, Jorge Jovicich, David Salat, Andre van der Kouwe, Bradford Dickerson, Diana Rosas, Nikos Makris, Anders Dale, Bruce Fischl. CNR Comparison of three pulse sequences for structural MR Brain Imaging. In: Human Brain Mapping, 11th Annual Meeting; Toronto, Canada. 2005. 

 

26.     J. Jovicich, S. Czanner, D. Greve, J. Pacheco, E. Busa, A. van der Kouwe, Morphometry BIRN, B. Fischl. Test-retest reproducibility assessments for longitudinal studies: quantifying MRI system upgrade effects. In: International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Miami, FL 2005.

 

27.     M. Faisal Beg, Randy Buckner, Bruce Fischl, Youngser Park, Elvan Ceyhan, Carey Priebe, Can Ceritoglu, Anthony Kolasny, Timothy Brown, Brian Quinn, Peng Yu, Brian Gold, J. Tilak Ratnanather, Michael Miller, BIRN Brain Morphometry. Pattern classification of hippocampal shape analysis in a study of Alzheimer's Disease. In: Human Brain Mapping, 11th Annual Meeting; Toronto, Canada. 2005. 

 

28.     Jorge Jovicich, Silvester Czanner, Brian Quinn, Jenni Pacheco, Andre van der Kouwe, Peter J Snyder, Mostafa Analoui, Marilyn Albert, Rahul Desikan, Ron Killiany, Bruce Fischl, Brad Dickerson. Test-retest reliability assessment for longitudinal MRI studies: An intensity-based comparison of T1-weighted protocols and field strengths. In: Human Brain Mapping, 11th Annual Meeting; Toronto, Canada. 2005. 

 

29.     J. Jovicich, MF. Beg, S. Pieper, C. Priebe, MM. Miller, R. Buckner, B. Rosen, Morphometry BIRN. Biomedical Informatics Research Network: Integrating Multi-Site Neuroimaging Data Acquisition, Data Sharing and Brain Morphometric Processing. In: The 18th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems; Dublin, Ireland. 2005. 

 
  1. J. Jovicich, S. Czanner, X. Han, D. Greve, J. Pacheco, E. Busa, A. van der Kouwe, B. Fischl, A. Dale; Reproducibility of automated brain morphometric estimates derived from multi-site structural MRI studies, In: International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Seattle, WA; 2006.

 

 
  1. Silvester Czanner, Xiao Han, Jenni Pacheco, Stuart Wallace, Evelina Busa, Andre van der Kouwe, Bruce Fischl, Jorge Jovicich; Test-retest reliability assessment for longitudinal MRI studies: effects of MRI system upgrade on morphometric analysis of structural MRI data; In: Human Brain Mapping, 12th Annual Meeting; Florence, Italy. 2006.
  2. P. Ferrari, N.D. Papinutto, J. Jovicich, "Caratterizzazione della stabilitą temporale di uno scanner MRI", V Congresso Nazionale Medical Physics Italian Association, Castelvecchio Pascoli (LU), 17-20 Settembre 2007.
  3. P. Ferrari, J. Jovicich, "Website per il monitoraggio dello status di uno scanner MRI", V Congresso Nazionale Medical Physics Italian Association, Castelvecchio Pascoli (LU), 17-20 Settembre 2007.
  4. S. Robinson, N. Soldati, G. Basso, U. Sailer, J. Jovicich, L. Bruzzone, I. Kryspin Exner, H. Bauer, and E. Moser, “A Resting State Network in the Basal Ganglia”, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Toronto, Canada; 2008.
  5. Robinson S, and Jovicich J., “EPI distortion corrections at 4T: multi-channel field mapping and a comparison with the point-spread function method”, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Toronto, Canada; 2008.
  6. J. Jovicich, S. Robinson, G. Basso, P. Ferrari, N. Papinutto, B. Mahon, J. Schwarzbach; Human functional neuroimaging at 4T: methods developments and applications in cognitive neuroscience; Italian Bruker Users' Meeting, Milan, June 25, 2008
  7. Ferrari P, Papinutto ND, Tedoldi F, Tessari S., Jovicich J; He boil-off evaluation: characterization of safe workload conditions for a high-field human MRI system; MR Safety: Update, Practical Information and Research, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Workshop Series; Lisbon, Portugal, July 13-14 2008
  8. Papinutto N and Jovicich J; Optimization of brain tissue contrast in structural images at 4T: a computer simulation and validation study; European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology; Valencia, Spain, October 2-4, 2008
  9. Papinutto N and Jovicich J; 3D T1 high resolution mapping of the whole brain at 4T using a standard IR-TSE sequence; European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology;Valencia, Spain, October 2-4, 2008
  10. Papinutto N and Jovicich J, Effects Of Voxel Size, B-Factor And Averaging On The Test-Retest Reproducibility Of Dtiderived Fractional Anisotropy At 4T, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Honolulu, USA; 2009.
  11. Ferrari P, Schwarzbach V, Sandrini M, Robinson S., Jovicich J. TMS/fMRI: risk assessment at 4T, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Honolulu, USA; 2009.
  12. Robinson S, Barth M., Jovicich J. Fast, high resolution T2* mapping using 3D MGE and 3D EPI, with 3D correction for macroscopic dephasing effects, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Honolulu, USA; 2009.
  13. Lin P., Jovicich J., Robinson S. CBF-CMRO2 Coupling in the Default Mode Network, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Honolulu, USA; 2009.
  14. Soldati N, Robinson S, Bruzzone L, Jovicich J. Automatic Identification of Human Brain Resting State Networks: Reliability of Classification Over Number of Independent Components Identified, Organization of Human Brain Mapping, San Francisco, USA, 2009.
  15. Lin P., Jovicich J., Robinson S. Investigating the Neurophysiological Basis of the Brain Default Network as Defined by fMRI; Organization of Human Brain Mapping, San Francico, USA; 2009.
  16. Lin P., Robinson S., De Pisapia N., Jovicich J. A Study of Default Mode Brain Activity during Task Performance and Resting State with Functional Network Connectivity Method; Organization of Human Brain Mapping, San Francisco, USA; 2009.
  17. P. Lin, S. Robinson, N. De Pisapia, J. Jovicich, Default Mode Network: Granger causality characterization of cognitive state changes. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Stockholm, Sweden; 2010.
  18. P. Lin, S. Robinson, J. Jovicich. Investigating the deactivation of the default mode network across multiple cognitive tasks. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Stockholm, Sweden; 2010.
  19. N. Papinutto & J. Jovicich. Characterization of white matter fasciculi with T1 quantification: a feasibility study at high field. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Stockholm, Sweden; 2010.
  20. N. Papinutto & J. Jovicich. Within subject averaging of diffusion tensor MRI data sets: a test-retest reproducibility evaluation. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Stockholm, Sweden; 2010.
  21. P. Ferrari, L. Cattaneo, J.V. Schwarzbach, M. Sandrini, J. Jovicich. Technical and safety aspects in concurrent TMS-fMRI. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Stockholm, Sweden; 2010.
  22. P. Ferrari, S. Robinson, J.V. Schwarzbach, M. Sandrini, J. Jovicich. TMS/fMRI: risk assessment at 4T. ISMRM Italian Chapter Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy, 2010.
  23. N. Soldati, S. Robinson, G. Basso, L. Bruzzone, J. Jovicich. Evaluation of consistency in group independent component analysis of brain resting state FMRI exploiting automatic spectral classification criteria. ISMRM Italian Chapter Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy, 2010.
  24. N. Papinutto, J. Jovicich. Within subject averaging of diffusion tensor mri data sets: a test-retest reproducibility evaluation. ISMRM Italian Chapter Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy, 2010.
  25. N. Soldati, O. Hinds, C. Triantafyllou, J. Jovicich. Preliminary investigation of resting state networks dynamics for RT-FMRI analysis. ISMRM Italian Chapter Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy, 2010. BEST POSTER AWARD
  26. S. Assecondi, M. Buiatti, P. Ferrari, V. Mazza, J. Schwarzbach, J. Jovicich. Ballistocardiographic artifact removal from simultaneous EEG-fMRI recordings at 4 T. ISMRM Italian Chapter Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy, 2010.

 

Conference Exhibits

* Biomedical Informatics Research Network, Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, Oct 2004.

* Distributed Collaborations Using Neuroinformatics and Information Technology Innovations, Internet2 / NLM  infoRAD Demos and Tutorials, Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Nov 2004

Non-peer reviewed publications

* M. Ellisman, J. Grethe, M. James, J. Jovicich, M. Martone, B. Peterson, J. Turner, BIRNing Issues Newsletter, Quarterly Publication, Oct 2002 - present.

* Morphometry BIRN, Annual Reports, Oct 2003 - Dec 2006

Theses

1.

Jorge Jovicich. Licentiate Physics Thesis: Monte Carlo simulation of synchrotron radiation mammography. Cordoba, Argentina: Universidad National de Cordoba; 1993.

2.

Jorge Jovicich. M.Sc. Thesis: Physiological monitoring in a strong magnetic field. Aberdeen, United Kingdom: University of Aberdeen; 1994.

3.

Jorge Jovicich. Ph.D. Thesis: An investigation of the use of Gradient- and Spin-echo (GRASE) imaging for functional magnetic resonance imaging. Leipzig, Germany: University of Leipzig; 1999.

Patent

Jovicich J, Norris DG. Template Interactive Phase-Encoding (TIPE) for magnetic resonance imaging.  Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. German patent, 1998.

 

Other

 

·         A Position Paper for Improving Internationalization of Research in Trentino: International Welcome Services; Jorge Jovicich. Call for ideas to improve the “Sistema della Ricerca e Internazionalizzazione”, Provincia Autonoma di Trento; August 2008

 

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Grants

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Sponsor

Role

Duration

Addressing the neural basis of stochastic resonance in humans: a combined EEG and high-resolution fMRI approach

Progetti di ricerca Accordo di programma CRS-UniTN Bando 2006

Principal Investigar from the Dipartimento di Scienze della Cognizione e della Formazione

1 August 2006 – 31 July 2007

 

 

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Title

 

Sponsor

Role

Duration

Evoluzione dei disturbi cognitive secondary a danno cerebrale: studio fRM degli effetti del trattamento riabilitativo sul recupero funzionale del danno cognitivo e sui fenomini di neuroplasticita nel sistema nervosa centrale

Progetti di ricerca Sanitaria Finalizzata, Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Italy, 2007

Co-Investigator (PI: Gabriele Miceli)

1 January 2008 – 31 December 2010

 

 

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Title

Sponsor

Role

Duration

Multisensory plasticity in deaf and cochlear implant recipients

Progetti di ricerca Accordo di programma CRS-UniTN Bando 2008

Co-investigator (PI: Francesco Pavani)

1 August 2008 – 31 July 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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