BrainWave

BrainWave imaging software is an easy-to-use analysis and visualization tool for functional brain image data acquired with BrainWave RT. BrainWave enables processing, analysis, 3D rendering and display of results from BOLD MRI scans.

Highlights

• Provides retrospective motion correction for patient motion.
• Activation maps generated using Generalized Lineal Model (GLM) analysis.
• Sophisticated visualization techniques fuse analysis results with anatomical data.
• Clear visualization with color activation maps and interactive thresholding.
• Paradigms saved in the DICOM private structure for fast analysis.
• Full integration with AW filming, networking, and archiving.
• Full DICOM fidelity.
• Ability to transfer activations into high resolution 3D DICOM data sets for neurological applications.

• BrainWave PA lets you interactively view and edit fMRI data. It can reside on the scanner or on your AW station.
• Software reads volumetric T1-weighted acquisitions in addition to fMRI acquisitions.
• Processing steps for fMRI data include:
• • Six parameter rigid body motion correction via registration to the first volume.
  • Spatial filtering.
  • Segmentation of the anatomical data so that outer layers of non-brain signal are removed.
  • Registration of fMRI data sets to the structural data set.
  • Calculation of statistical maps corresponding to task-based activation.
  • Formation of Burnt In Pixel (BIP) maps outlining the area of activation in white on the structural scan.
  • Calculation of DTI fiber tracks (option with BrainWave Fusion). View functional data overlaid on the structural image in 2D or 3D renderings. Add annotations or change color and opacities.
• BrainWave Fusion (option) lets you display white matter tracks with functional data on a high-resolution anatomical image.