Para Vision 6

• New and accelerated, intuitive workflow

• Ready-to-use protocols and scan programs

• Active method conflict handling

• Automatic hardware recognition

• Real-time optimization during scanning

• On-the-fly RF-pulse calculation

• In-line navigator-based image reconstruction

• Fast 64 bit multi core image reconstruction for high resolution 3D

• Fully searchable data base, network data management

The ParaVision 6 user interface of dynamic context menus, cards and icons offers instant access to the most commonly used imaging protocols and processing tools.

ParaVision 6 provides various dedicated, optional preclinical imaging packages for a wide range of animal MR imaging and spectroscopy applications.

All benefit from the new accelerated workflow incorporating ready-to-use protocols and scan programs combined with interactive method and parameter for conflict handling.

ParaVision application packages include:

• Cardiology

• Diffusion

• Angiography

• Perfusion

• Spectroscopy

• fMRI and DCE

• Relaxation

• Short TE Imaging

• Method development framework

For maximized throughput ParaVision 6 provides fully automated acquisition and processing, including scan queueing. This productivity tool excels whenever high animal throughput accrues, or when your MRI system is accessed by many users.

3D data visualization and analysis tools extend basic viewing functionality:

• 3D interactive viewing

• Maximum intensity projection (MIP)

• Multi-planar secondary image reconstruction (MPR)

• Segmentation

• Surface rendering

• Movie generation

Parallel imaging and reconstruction techniques including:

• Accelerated parallel image acquisition

• GRAPPA based image reconstruction

Acquisition functionality for parallel transmit imaging techniques including:

• Support of multi-channel parallel transmit RFpulses in all methods

• Optimized phase calibration for homogeneous

• excitation with multi-element RF transmitter coils

• Parallel transmit template methods and protocols

Tools includes interactive magnification in real time, quantitative ROI analysis, geometric measurements, digital filtering, movie display of image sequences, and 3D secondary reconstruction of orthogonal planes. 

• 3D imaging with 3D image processing

• 3D data evaluation and visualization e.g. multi planar reconstruction

• MR angiography

• Image algebra and image sequence analysis

A transparent method-programming framework including powerful tools, access to method toolboxes and method source code enable easy implementation of image acquisition and dedicated reconstruction techniques with only basic programming knowledge.

• 3D region growing for signal masking
  

• 2D & 3D visualization of composite images

• DTI-EPI supporting k-space trajectory based reconstruction

• Calculation module to derive scalar and directional information

• Visualization of direction-encoded color-maps in 2D and 3D together with morphological reference images

• Transparency modulation by fractional anisotropy images

• Arbitrary composition schemes and color coding capabilities

The database browser functionality enables network data transfer between multiple ParaVision workstations, facilitates data exchange with other imaging modalities in your lab and provides archiving on DVD and to DICOM server.

„„Import DICOM data to ParaVision from the following modalities:

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

• Positron – Emission Tomography (PET)

• Computer Assisted Tomography (CT)

• Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI)

• Single Positron Emission Computed

• Tomography (SPECT)

Off-line registration and preparation from a remote processing workplace, including:

• Subjects

• Sessions, studies, scans and projects

• Protocols

• Scan programs