BrainVoyager 2000 is a highly optimized and user friendly software package for the analysis and visualization of functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging data sets. The figure above shows surface rendered views of reconstructed heads and brains. These 3D reconstructions were performed with BrainVoyager based on high-resolution T1-weighted sagittal brain images.

Highlights

• Extremely fast and highly optimized 2D and 3D analysis and visualization routines
• Standard and advanced volume-based statistical analysis methods including conjunction and random effects analysis
• Integration of volume and surface rendering with powerful tools for creation of high-quality figures and movies
• Advanced methods for automatic brain segmentation, surface reconstruction, cortex inflation and flattening
• Cortex-based statistical data analysis and inter-subject alignment based on gyral / sulcal pattern
• Creation ("seeding") and visualization of EEG / MEG multiple dipole models in combination with the powerful BESA 2000 program
• Multi-processor support, open architecture including scripting and automation support
• Programmable with all major computer languages (i.e. C/C++, VB, Java) and Matlab through COM-based interfaces
• Comprehensive solution embodied in a single program
• Available for Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP

For more details, have a look at the BrainVoyager featurelist as well as on several snapshots of the running program. You can obtain an excellent overview of what the program can do for you by inspecting the online presentations from the BrainVoyager Training Course (available here soon). You can also watch animated tutorials online to get an impression on how BrainVoyager is used to analyze anatomical and functional fMRI data.

Pricing and Availability

BrainVoyager 2000 for Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP is availabe for purchase, please look at our price list for detailed pricing information. To learn what BrainVoyager offers for you, send us an email to receive a free, fully-functional, time-limited trial version or download a free demo version (available shortly). If you are interested to run BrainVoyager on Linux/Unix or Mac OS X, have a look at our upcoming cross-platform program BrainVoyager QX.
 

The CD-ROM

BrainVoyager is delivered on CD-ROM containing the program, online help and example projects. If you are interested in our product, we will send you a free trial version which is fully-functional for 30 days after installation on your computer. For obtaining the trial version, please send us an e-mail or normal mail containing the name and complete address of the person to whom the program will be licensed. Since the trial program is protected via software, you have to send us a "site code" which BrainVoyager presents to you during installation on your computer. You will get a "site key" from us which enables the program for 30 days (trial version). If you decide to continue using BrainVoyager and after having received your payment (see our price list), you will receive a hardlock (dongle) or a new "site key" which unlocks the program permanently.

Recommended hardware

BrainVoyager 2000 runs on Intel (Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II / III / IV) and AMD Athlon processors with the Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, NT 4.0, 95, 98, ME operating system as well as on DEC Alpha workstations running Windows NT 4.0. BrainVoyager QX runs on the same Windows platforms as well as on Linux/Unix and Mac OS X. The program requires a minimum of 128 MB RAM and at least 15 bit color graphics.

• Intel Pentium with 166 MHZ or better, Pentium Pro, Pentium II / III / IV, AMD Athlon
• 128+ MB system memory
• Fast 2D graphics board (e.g., Matrox Millenium / Mystique / NVIDIA TNT)
• 15 bit color depth; optimum: ³ 16 bit color depth
• ³ 8 GB hard disk
• 17 inch monitor or better

Using the surface module (e.g. for head and cortex reconstruction/visualization and MEG/EEG integration):

• Pentium II with 300 MHZ or better
  Optimum: Dual Pentium IV with 1.4 GHZ or better, AMD Athlon with 1 GHZ or better,  DEC Alpha with 500 MHZ or better. BrainVoyager supports multi-processor platforms on Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000
• 256+ MB system memory (minimum 128 MB)
• Open-GL accelerating graphics board with at least 16 MB graphics memory (32 MB recommended).
  The currently best price/performance is offered by all graphics boards based on the NVIDIA GeForce family. Boards based on this chip are available for ca. USD 250 (e.g., Creative Labs' Annihilator, ELSA Erazor X, Guillemot Prophet 3D). The OpenGL performance of these boards is as least as good as that of expensive CAD graphics boards! Such boards are in a price range of 1000 - 4000 USD and available from 3DLabs (e.g, Oxygen GMX 2000), Compaq (e.g., Powerstorm 4D30T, 4D60T, also for the Alpha) and Intergraph (Wildcat 4000) among others. Excellent OpenGL performance is also offered by the NT-based Visual Workstations from SGI which now also use NVIDIA chips.
• 16 bit color depth
  Optimum: 24 / 32 bit color depth (= 16.7 million colors)
• ³ 20 GB hard disk
• 19+ inch monitor

Example hardware platforms used by the author of BrainVoyager

• Dell Precision Workstation 420, Dual Pentium III 733 MHZ, 256 MB, ASUS V7700 GeForce2,  21" monitor (1280 x 1024 true color) (ca. 4000 USD)
• AMD Athlon, 800 MHZ, 256 MB, ASUS V7700 GeForce, 19" monitor (ca. 3000 USD)
• SGI Visual Workstation, Dual Pentium III 500 MHZ, 256 MB, high-resolution TFT flat panel (ca. 7000 USD)
• Dell Inspiron Notebook, 1 GHZ, 256 MB, 15" TFT display (1600 x 1280 resolution) (ca. 4000 USD)