This page allows you to access the @neuFuse Prototype. This suite will concentrate the attention on those aspects of integration that involve the fusion of medical imaging, biomedical measurements and simulation outputs.

The prototype has been implemented based on the MAF framework.

Vision

@neuFuse is a software application that runs locally on the user’s PC. @neuFuse will:

• Diplay and process primarily medical images to produce measures for direct entry into the CRIM-like database (annotation).
• Pre-process images, derived binary data and textual data to produce information for WP3 complex information processing toolchain tasks.
• act as a front end for remote execution of WP3 simulation processes.
• provide basic post-processing functionality for display of information-rich simulation results.
• act as an integrated environment in which the clinician can display all information for 'inductive' (non-algorithmic) reasoning.
• act as preoperative planning tool, merging information from

@neuFuse can be used by most of the stakeholders involved in the @neurIST project, clinicians, researchers and also industrial participants. At the current stage of the analysis, we do have captured some basic user stories for the clinical user, many detailed stories for the researcher user (simulation mostly), and only very generic indications for the industrial user. More specifically, this is the list of macroscopic user goals for which we captured a role for @neuFuse so far.

• Clinician examines medical images
• Clinician collects basic measurements and grading
• Researcher extracts a geometry model of the aneurysm from the CTA/3DRA
• Researcher computes simple morphology indicators
• Researcher computes complex morphology indicators
• Researcher computes haemodynamics indicators
• Researcher computes vessel strain indicators
• Researcher links internally available knowledge with external knowledge
• Clinician performs inductive risk assessment based on interactive exploration of clinical and simulation non textual data
• Clinician plans the treatment

Software releases

Official prototype releases are scheduled every six months, according to the AneurIST Project Handbook.

Prototype P2 has been released on 9th Jan2007. 

Prototype P3 has been released on 15th Jul 2007.

Prototype P4 has been released on 15th Dec 2007.  The other prototypes will be released twice per year on June and on December. Go to the brand new evaluation questionnaire!

@neuFuse development cycle is based on smaller loops; a fully functional release is scheduled every three months for internal release to the users that are participating in the validation of the software.  During the development software is constantly release to the Application Experts; new development releases are available on the daily basis, from OpenMAF automatic compilation service.

Current @neuFuse prototype features details.

Download the @neuFuse User Manual.

Specification documents

The AneurIST system is being developed with multiple cycles of analysis, development and assessment.  The current Use Cases description for the @neuFuse prototype contains the primary cases derived from the clinical partners;  other use cases are being added in relation to the simulation and data processing activities.

A more detailed document is the Prototype System Description and Design Document (PSDD) for @neuFuse.  This document contains the use cases for the entire @neurIST system identified so far, the user goals related to @neuFuse, and the user stories that describe specific features, and that provide the basic specification for the development.

NEW: Technical Specification / Use Cases Wiki Pages

This wiki collects all the use cases delivered from WP Domain Experts.

To subscribe to the wiki (email alert when wiki changes) simply go to the wiki and select subcribe from the tool bar just on the top of the page.

How to participate in the development process

Use Cases: Every AneurIST partner can reccomend new use cases that may emerge by the use of @neuFuse prototypes, or by the use of other applications of the AneurIST suite.  In particular we welcome use cases the require an integration among these applications.  For every suggestion on @neuFuse use cases, please contact B3C.
 
Application Expert: if you want to help in the validation of the software being developed you can help us greatly by becoming an Application Expert.  The AE receive daily software releases, and are invited to log bugs and requests for additional features in our logging system.  If you are interested to become an AE, please contact B3C.