1.Experiment&br;
 1.1.In the case of an experiment with a human, there must be at least one person present who can speak Japanese well, in case there is an emergency situation.&br;
 1.2.Usually an experiment is conducted by a staff member from fMRI Support Unit and experimenter (s) from user lab.&br;
 1.3.Be throughly familiar with the quench manual and be prepared for quench during any experiment.&br;
 1.4.The upper time limit of an experiment with a human subject is 2 hours.&br;
 1.5.In principle, if you repeat scans on a subject, you need to wait at least one week in between scans.&br;
 1.6.Once scanning has started, it becomes difficult to communicate with the subject. Inform the subject thoroughly about the steps and duration of the experiment beforehand.&br;
 1.7.You may give a subject a print out of a high resolution anatomical image to a subject but not the digital data.&br;
2.Consultation about an technical issue Please contact to a member of the Support Unit directly, or send email to mriu@riken.jp .&br;
If you don’t receive any replay within 24 hours, please contact to us again.&br;
3.Reservation and cancellation of an experiment&br;
 3.1.Notes regarding the reservation of an experiment.&br;
  3.1.1.In principle, please select an experiment time between 09:30 and 18:00 on weekday.&br;
  3.1.2.The length of time reserved should include the time between entering and exiting MRI lab, not only the time of the actual experiment.&br;
  3.1.3.(4T site) Avoid scheduling fMRI experiments for 3 days after a helium fill (typically once every 3 months) in order to obtain stable EPI data. Starting the day after a helium fill, you schedule sessions for acquiring an anatomical image.&br;
  3.1.4.If your subject is a RIKEN staff member, please reserve the experiment as a ‘negociable time’ experiment.&br;
  3.1.5.If you make a reservation on the day of an experiment or the day prior, please contact the Support Unit by phone and confirm whether a member of our staff is available.&br;
  3.1.6.Please make sure your experiment does not conflict with other experiments. If the calender is in column mode, you can recognize conflicts.&br;
 3.2.Rules for making reservations using the MRI calendar&br;
  3.2.1.The URL of the MRI calendar is: http://www.cbm.brain.riken.go.jp/~mri/cgi-bin/cal/webcal.cgi &br;
  3.2.1.The URL of the MRI calendar is: &br;
   3.2.1.1. 4T site http://www.cbm.brain.riken.go.jp/~mri/cgi-bin/cal/webcal.cgi &br;
   3.2.1.2. 3T site http://www.cbm.brain.riken.go.jp/~mri/cgi-bin/cal/webcal2.cgi &br;
  3.2.2.The MRI calendar is on a public web server, therefore you can access the calendar from outside RIKEN.&br;
  3.2.3.You need the password for the calendar for reserving, editing and erasing. Please ask us about password.&br;
  3.2.4.Please include the experimenter’s name in title of your schedule.&br;
  3.2.5.Please be sure to include your e-mail address on the form. When you have completed entering a schedule on the calendar, a confirmation email will be sent to the e-mail address automatically. You may enter multiple e-mail addresses by separating them with a comma ‘,’.&br;
  3.2.6.Booking of an experiment indicates usage of the entire MRI facility. If you don’t use scanner (magnet room), please state so in comment space.&br;
  3.2.7.Making the first character of the title an asterisk ‘*’ mark indicates that the time is ‘negotiable’.&br;
  3.2.8.If you schedule an experiment with an external subject before having confirmed the time with the subject, please put an asterisk ‘*’ at the beginning of the title. The color of title will become cyan. Once you have confirmed the time with a subject, remove the asterisk from the title and the color of the title become red.&br;
  3.2.9.If you are scheduling a high resolution anatomy experiment, please add ‘-3D’ to the title.&br;
  3.2.10. If you need the support of a particular support unit member, please add a member’s initial at the tail of the title (-H for Haruhana, -T for Takeshi, -C for Chisato and -K for Ken). If you need all of us, please use ‘-U’ in the last of the title.&br;
   3.2.10.1.When scheduling a pilot experiment for adjusting parameters, etc.: Before making an entry in the calendar, please ask Kenichi Ueno (research specialist) about his schedule and please add ‘-K’ to the tail of the experiment title.&br;
   3.2.10.2. In the case of an experiment for which the paradigm is already fixed: Please add ‘-C|T|H’ to the tail of the experiment title.&br;
   3.2.10.3.If the subject is a woman and you need help of a female staff member.: Please add ‘-C’ to the tail of the experiment title.&br;
  3.2.11.The calendar data can be viewed in iCal.&br;
   3.2.11.1.normal experiment reservation (3T)：http://www.cbm.brain.riken.jp/~mri/ical/mri8.ics &br;
   3.2.11.2.maintenance (3T)：http://www.cbm.brain.riken.jp/~mri/ical/mri9.ics &br;
   3.2.11.3.normal experiment reservation (4T)：http://www.cbm.brain.riken.jp/~mri/ical/mri1.ics &br;
   3.2.11.4.maintenance (4T)：http://www.cbm.brain.riken.jp/~mri/ical/mri2.ics &br;
   3.2.11.5.event: http://www.cbm.brain.riken.jp/~mri/ical/mri4.ics &br;
   3.2.11.6.negotiable experiment reservation: http://www.cbm.brain.riken.jp/~mri/ical/mri7.ics &br;
  3.2.12.There is a fixed charge for an experiment in which the paradigm has already been fixed.&br;
(example: 2.5 hours = 5 time unit) cf.charge table&br;
 3.3.Cancellation
  3.3.1.We don’t charge a cancellation fee at this time.&br;
  3.3.2.When you are unable to do a experiment, please delete the schedule from the calendar as soon as possible. And please inform the Support Unit staff member working with your experiment via telephone.&br;
4.Fees&br;
 4.1.New project : 500,000 yen&br;
 4.2.Test experiment (scanning) on phantom (dummy head) : free&br;
 4.3.An experiment on human subject&br;
  4.3.1.amount of charge : xxxx yen / 30 min(changed by a fiscal year)&br;
  4.3.2.cancel charge : 0 yen&br;
 4.4.Terminated experiment&br;
  4.4.1.An experiment terminated by subject or by experimenter : charged as usual&br;
5.fMRI unit information&br;
http://www.cbm.brain.riken.jp/~mri/home.html &br;
Our office: BSI East Building Room 207&br;
Kang Cheng kcheng@riken.jp &br;
Kenichi Ueno uken@riken.jp &br;
Takeshi Asamizuya asamizuya@brain.riken.jp &br;
Chisato Suzuki chisatos@brain.riken.jp &br;
Kenji Haruhana haruhana@brain.riken.jp &br;
mriu@riken.jp (ML consisting of Ken, Takeshi, Chisato and Kenji)&br;
3T MRI room: B10, 048-467-9656 (Ex.7040)&br;
4T MRI room: B11/12, 048-467-9656 (Ex.7040)&br;
Preparation room: B08/09, (Ex.7024)&br;