New software for neurological studies took center stage at the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) booth of MIMvista, a Cleveland-based developer of advanced visualization software for nuclear medicine.
MIMneuro is designed for nuclear medicine studies of Alzheimer's disease and frontal dementia, according to the company. The software performs registration and fusion of brain areas, and compares them to a database of normal studies, with regions either showing increased or decreased metabolic activity depending on the pathology. Region-based or voxel-based comparisons are possible, the company said.
The software also conducts structure-based reconstruction rather than intensity-based reconstruction. MIMneuro can be purchased separately on a standalone basis or used as an add-on module to the company's flagship MIMfusion software.
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| MIMneuro lets users fuse brain images from multiple modalities. |
For the firm's MIMcardiac heart imaging software, MIMvista demonstrated the ability to fuse cardiac CTA studies with perfusion exams. Studies using different perfusion radiopharmaceuticals can be fused as well.
The company also demonstrated a set of expanded contouring tools, which could be used for biopsy localization or radiation therapy planning for shaping radiation beams. The contouring tools can be added to MIMfusion software in the field at no charge, the company said.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
June 7, 2006
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