Insights newsletter - May 24, 2024

Tractography export

Welcome to our insights letter, where we keep you in the loop on the latest developments, exciting milestones, and progress in creating our cutting-edge software. We appreciate your continued support and are thrilled to share our journey with you. Here's a snapshot of what's been happening.

In this newsletter:

  • New feature added to nordicMEDiVA

  • Meet us at Dr. Holodny’s fMRI course at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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Important regulatory notice:
This newsletter contains information about nordicMEDiVA. Some options and features in nordicMEDiVA are pending 510(k) submission and may not be available for sale in the United States.

Tractography export to neuronavigation systems

We are excited to introduce you to our Tractography Export feature in nordicMEDiVA, designed to enhance your workflow by providing integration with a range of surgical navigation systems.

We are providing the ability to choose one or both of the following methods to send tractography data:

  • White pixels on greyscale (Fused)

  • Streamlines (Tractography DICOM)

Here’s a detailed look at how this feature can benefit you:

Feature Insight

Export method - White pixels on greyscale

When fusing a dissected tract with a structural underlay, a new series is created highlighting which voxels of the structural image contain streamlines. This method is particularly useful for visualizing the relationship between tract pathways and anatomical structures in a single, easy-to-read image and for importing it into various surgical navigation systems along with other relevant data.

Feature Insight

Export method - Tractography DICOM

Each dissected tract can be saved as a separate DICOM tractography file. The streamlines are exported as 3D objects, allowing for detailed navigation during surgical procedures. These files can be opened in most surgical navigation systems, ensuring smooth integration into your existing workflow, enhancing the precision of your surgical planning and navigation.

Feature Insight

Flexible process of sending and reviewing data

Each export method comes with default names that include the underlay series description and the user-defined tract name that can be easily changed, simplifying the data-sending process.

Tractograms and fused series are available to everyone who accesses the patient in our system and can be viewed by multiple users at once. Preview them in the MPRs for a quick and insightful overview. This can facilitate better preoperative planning.

Coming soon

Gain hands-on experience with nordicMEDiVA in the

We are happy to announce our participation in the upcoming Hands-on Clinical fMRI and Diffusion Tractography Course by Dr. Andrei I. Holodny. Explore the Tractography and fMRI workflow in-depth and gain practical experience!

Dates:

June 3-5, 2024 

Location:
New York, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Course director:

Andrei I. Holodny, MD

Educational Objectives:

  • Understand the fundamental principles behind fMRI and diffusion tractography

  • Choose the optimal fMRI paradigms appropriate for the patient and clinical situation

  • Deliver fMRI paradigms correctly and monitor the patient for adequate compliance

  • Hands on experience so that the attendee will be able to analyze fMRI and diffusion tractography

  • Understand how data is delivered to a neurosurgical navigational system and used by the neurosurgeon

  • Avoid pitfalls in the interpretation of clinical fMRI and diffusion tractography

  • Optimize fMRI billing and coding

Perfusion

DSC analysis with fully automatic capabilities

Tumor evaluation

DSC, DCE and diffusion analysis

Pre-surgical planning

fMRI and DTI+Spherical Deconvolution tractography