- Standardized validated clinical tasks for fMRI
- Standardized automated analysis
- Quick turn around
Personalised brain maps
Why personalized brain maps increase surgical confidence
Lack of standardized protocols, and threats to reliability of the results due to invisible but significant artifacts stand in the way of wide clinical application of functional MRI (fMRI) .
Every neurosurgeon, neurologist and radiotherapist should have easy access to location of functions in the brain relative to brain lesions, to assess the impact of potential treatment near eloquent cortex.
With this information, physicians are better prepared for difficult cases and can remove more pathological tissue, reduce surgery time and improve patient care.
ELONAV: The concept that changes everything
Braincarta positions functional MRI squarely in the clinical arena. The problems that prohibit routine use of fMRI for brain treatment are solved with our ELONAV concept. Image acquisition, tasks and data processing are now fully standardized, clinically validated and automated, removing the need for on-site fMRI expertise.
Elonav is a functional MRI data processing and evaluation program that operates on Braincarta servers. Clients acquire the fMRI data using clear guidelines, and upload the images to the Braincarta server via a secure connection. Within hours, the analysis results are available for download and entry into the clients PACS.
Elonav is built on algorithms that are tried and tested in the neuroscience field. The unique features include:
- fully automated analysis
- a reliable measure of trustworthiness of the results
- highly standardized fMRI tasks and patient instructions
- use of a large database to assess image quality and reliability
- evidence-based visualization of function displacement
Elonav is the only fMRI service that is CE certified for direct use in the clinic (Class IIA)
What makes ELONAV from Braincarta unique?
Validated and CE marked fMRI for clinical use
- Seven language and motor brain maps
- Validated indication of image quality and function displacement
- Compatible with MRI workflows and DICOM
Standardized and fully automated
- Compatible with all MRI vendors and fields 1.5 T and higher
- Proven algorithms, unique reference database
- Standard Operating Procedures for handling patients and scanner
Fast return of fMRI reports
- Results available within hours
- Provided as PDF and 3D DICOM
- Easy entry into PACS and patient file
What do you need?
For facilities already employing fMRI
Setting up the Braincarta system is easy. We offer support by providing onsite or remotely:
- Instruction on use and interpretation of Elonav
- Setting up the scan protocol
- Solving any problems
For facilities new to fMRI scanning
Before the above steps to initiate use of Elonav, a hardware setup has to be installed on site. This setup consists of additional hardware on site (i.e. a video projector, projection screen, video player), to enable presentation of video images to the patient in the scanner.
We offer support on setting up your facility for fMRI by providing:
- Advice on selection of hardware
- Support in setting up the hardware
- Training for data acquisition
- + all services provided for facilities with experience in fMRI (described above).
What’s included
The Elonav package contains:
- DVD with tasks for use during fMRI scanning.
- DVD with the same tasks for use before scanning to familiarize the patient
- User manual (Instructions For Use) with information for scanning, for using the Elonav Webinterface for data up- and download, and for interpreting the Elonav results.
- Help with fMRI setup (projector, projection screen, DVD player) .
- [Optional] Train technicians remotely or on-site.
- Rapid response to questions
- Advice to improve data quality
Compatibility
The ‘analysis-as-a-service’ design of Braincarta places very few requirements on your facility, and is compatible with most common systems in scanning facilities including
- Philips, Siemens and GE MRI platforms
- BrainLab and Medtronic for neuronavigation
- PACS for data archiving
Try our product
We understand that you need to see for yourself what Braincarta has to offer you. That’s why we offer you the following:
- Demonstration of Braincarta Personalized Maps and fMRI workflow
- Support in acquiring your patient data
- Support in using the results for your patient treatment
First 3 patients analyzed for free