neuro | inspire™ software

Surgical procedures, such as Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), rely on the identification of targets within the Central Nervous System (CNS) using medical imaging and the plotting of target co-ordinates and trajectories.

Currently, surgical planning can be done either manually which is hugely time consuming and creates the potential for human error to creep in, or using one of a number of surgical planning software systems that are currently on the market.

neuro | inspire™ offers significant additional benefits in terms of target identification and co-ordinate calculation.

Benefits

As medical imaging systems such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners develop, providing greater visualisation of brain anatomy and function, in parallel with advances in understanding of how individual brain structures operate and communicate, improved accuracy in positioning of devices in the CNS is both achievable and necessary. Using our extensive expertise in identifying the source and levels of distortion errors in a range of industrial machinery, we have developed algorithms that can significantly reduce MR image distortion levels on scans used in planning surgeries. In addition the anatomy identification functions in neuro | inspire™ are designed to provide surgeons with the tools to identify target brain anatomy, even in deep brain structures, with increased confidence.

Features

The first release of neuro | inspire™ allows surgeons to:

• Load data from an MR scanner
• Manually reconstruct target anatomy using multi planar views
• Load in the Schaltenbrand-wahren brain atlas
• Calculate target co-ordinates for the implantation of instruments, e.g DBS electrodes
• Plan trajectories to avoid major blood vessels etc.
• Print a surgical plan

See also

neuro | inspire™lite - free downloadable software for viewing DICOM files.