Neuroimaging processing (iMagic)

iMagic system is designed for processing brain medical images and was implemented as Windows MDI (Multiple Document Interface) application for working with several studies simultaneously. The system is oriented in particular for processing anatomical images for brain electrical tomography (volumetric and over surfaces) calculation and visualization. Moreover it is possible also to process in a quick and easy way anatomical images for producing 3D topographic maps. It can be used too for radiological interpretation and basic morphometry.

iMagic can load tomographic studies in several formats: DICOM, ANALYZE, , Brain Voyager, MNC as well as raw images (a dialog is provided for specifying its main characteristics). Once loaded , these studies can be saved and stored in iMagic propretary format (.VOX files ) o exported to ANALYZE.

Several general operations can be carried out with volumes: orthogonal reconstructions, interpolation, resampling, scaling, segmentation, zooming, different landmarks setting, etc. Volume visualization can be done in 2D (orthogonal planes) and 3D (volumetric rendering)

For brain electrical tomography calculation iMagic offers several operations: grid calculation and neighbors, sphere fitting (is part of the volume conductor model to be used) as well as electrode’s position fitting over the tomographic study.

iMagic is able to extract and process surfaces extracted from anatomical tomographic studies. These surfaces can be used for plotting 3D topographic maps as well as for calculating and displaying functional tomographies over surfaces. Several operations can be carried out with surfaces: simplification, smoothing, join, gray matter cortex detection from white matter surface,etc. All surface displaying operations are OpenGL assisted looking for speed and high quality renderings.

iMagic has also capabilities for generating spatial high quality movies including a powerful editor for generating user defined movies. The movies are created in standard AVI Windows format for further playing in any compatible player.