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Summary of ParaVision Updates

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Changes across versions in ParaVision 360

Modality	Category	Feature	pv360-1-0	pv360-1-1	pv360-2-0	pv360-3-0	pv360-3-1	pv360-3-2	pv360-3-3
General	Workflow	Integrated multi modal workflow for study registration and execution	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
MR	Workflow	Plugin for the MR modality with support of AVANCE NEO MRI imaging hardware	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
PET	Workflow	Plugin for the PET modality with support of the Bruker PET Inline module and PET Insert	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
General	ATS	Support of the multi modal family animal transport system and human-machine interface	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
General	Methods	Support for multi-position acquisition in selected MR methods and PET	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
PET	Data Reconstruction	PET reconstruction using MR based attenuation maps	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
General	Data Handling	Export to the NIFTI data format	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
General	Data Display	An image fusion component, which allows overlaid 2D and 3D display of up to 3 differentimage datasets	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
General	Data Reconstruction	An image registration processing, which allows to map a dataset via an affine transformation into a given geometry	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
General	Data Reconstruction	An image stitching processing, which allows to combine multiple datasets with different slice geometries into a single dataset	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
General	Data Display	Image annotations	improved	+	+	+	+	+	+
General	Data Display	Color bars in viewports	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
General	Data Display	Improved usage of pointing devices in image viewports	improved	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	CASL imaging package for enhanced workflow	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	CASL_FcFLASH. Method used for determination of Inversion Efficiency which is needed for quantitative CBF calculation.	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	ScanPrograms	CASL Scan Program prepared for streamlining CBF quantitation with arterial labeling coil for Rat at 9.4T	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	DESS. The double-echo steady-state method generates two echoes with different contrast behavior.	improved	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	B1Map. This method provides quantitative maps of the B1x field. Executing B1Map via Adjustment Platform, a B1 Shim Volume can be specified for which the transmit RFamplitude and phase will be optimized.	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	Saturation Transfer Module: replaces the former MT module and offers in addition to MTC also CEST experiments, available in most methods	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	Fat Water Separation module: based on a modified two-point Dixon method and allows reconstructing a fat only, water only, or a chemical shift corrected fat waterimage. Available in the RARE method.	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	Drift Compensation: additional navigator signals are acquired and used to apply B0 corrections to the working frequency. Available for EPI, FLASH, RARE	extended	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	UTE3D. Dual-Echo Acquisition and Segmented Preparation are added (like in ZTE).	improved	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	RARE: now allows non slice selective excitation in 3D mode.	improved	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	SegFLASH. 3D mode is enabled.	improved	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	NSPECT. Slice Selection is available.	improved	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Workflow	Receiver Gain Handling. Once adjusted, the receiver gain survives a Duplicate Instruction.	fixed	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	Dummy Scan Handling. The number of dummy scans is no longer connected to thenumber of averages.	fixed	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	Acquisition Bandwidth. The acquisition bandwidth of different jobs, e.g. for echo and navigator acquisition, can be set independently.	improved	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	Multi-Position Experiments. If an Animal Transport System is available, all standard imaging methods except EPI, IG Flash, spiral, and radial methods support multi-position experiments with automatic image stitching.	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Data Reconstruction	Gradient Linearity Correction. Geometric distortions caused by deviation from gradient linearity can be corrected during reconstruction (for Bruker gradients).	introduced	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRS	Methods	Navigator and Drift Compensation in MRS. The navigator can be forced to reference frequency, which improves drift calculation in cases where the working frequency is shifted.	improved	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRS	Post Processing	Reference Scan and Eddy Current Compensation in MRS. Reference Scan can be forced to reference frequency which avoids a shifted voxel for the reference scan and a shift of the spectrum after Eddy Current Compensation.	fixed	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRS	Methods	Water Suppression. The initialization of water suppression bandwidth is adapted to the field strength. Timing calculation is corrected which increases slightly the minimum duration of the last water suppression delay.	improved	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRS	Methods	Rx Array Phase Adjustment. If already available,the result is restored from a previous scan with the same voxel geometry.	improved	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRS	Data Display	MRS Acquisition Display. The acquisition display shows the averaged signal during Setup mode.	improved	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	Dynamic Shimming: enabled in EPI and can improve image quality in multi-slice experiments, for compatible hardware. This functionality is not validated in vivo	wip	+	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	Post Processing	XTIP Image display is no longer available in ParaVision	discontinued	-	-	-	-	-	-
MRI	Post Processing	CSI Visualization Tool is no longer available in ParaVision	discontinued	-	-	-	-	-	-
MRI	Post Processing	Functional Analysis (FUN) tool is no longer available in ParaVision	discontinued	-	-	-	-	-	-
General	Data Analysis	Development environment for user-defined signal models for ISA tool	-	introduced	+	+	+	+	+
General	Data Analysis	ROIs: new bounded growing region of interest	-	introduced	+	+	+	+	+
General	Documentation	Extended and updated User Manual including a configuration guide.	-	introduced	+	+	+	+	+
PET	Data Reconstruction	Partial volume correction is applied during reconstruction (reconstruction option, active by default).	-	introduced	+	+	+	+	+
PET	Workflow	The integrated online calibration service reduces the time for the first reconstruction significantly.	-	introduced	+	+	+	+	+
MR	Workflow	Optimized shim operation – For BioSpec systems, the MAPSHIM calibration must be repeated	-	improved	+	+	+	+	+
MRI	ScanPrograms	CASL Scan Programs for smoother workflow extended to Rat at 3T, 7T and 9.4T	-	extended	+	+	+	+	+
PET-CT	Data Reconstruction	Attenuation maps created from CT image series can be configured in more detail.	-	-	improved	+	+	+	+
PET-MR	Data Reconstruction	Extension of Gated Reconstruction - For PET/MR studies, gating information from MR IntraGate scan can be used for data sorting.	-	-	introduced	+	+	+	+
PET	Data Reconstruction	Filtered backprojection is as additional reconstruction algorithm available.	-	-	introduced	+	+	+	+
PET-CT	Workflow	Plugin for the CT modality with support of the Bruker Si78 CT device	-	-	introduced	+	+	+	+
MRI	Data Display	GUI Visualization Preference : Display Convention: Radiological, Preclinical and Neurological	-	-	introduced	+	+	+	+
General	Data Analysis	Freehand ROI: Available tools include Brush, Eraser, Fill, Clear, Smart Brush and Smart Fill	-	-	introduced	+	+	+	+
General	Data Analysis	Image Sequence Analysis: Export of fit result tables and graph display for all ROIs to a file (csv format)	-	-	introduced	+	+	+	+
MR	ATS	Improved Animal Transport System handling – change the reference position graphically or by adapting the image geometry	-	-	improved	+	+	+	+
MR	Methods	Improved Coil Operation selection for X-nuclei protocols	-	-	introduced	+	+	+	+
MRSI	Methods	CSI: Multi-slice acquisition is enabled.	-	-	introduced	+	+	+	+
MRSI	Methods	EPSI: MAPSHIM functionality is enabled. Multi-slice acquisition is enabled	-	-	introduced	+	+	+	+
MR	Methods	Dynamic shimming available in CSI and EPI for compatible hardware	-	-	introduced	+	+	+	+
MRI	Data Display	EPI and EPI-variants: Particular frames can be displayed in Online Reconstruction Data Display while acquisition is running.	-	-	introduced	+	+	+	+
PET	Data Analysis	For dynamic PET datasets, Image Sequence Analysis now offers a Time Activity display and a Patlak fit.	-	-	introduced	+	+	+	+
General	Data Display	Zoom operations in 2D viewports now take the location of the mouse cursor into account	-	-	-	improved	+	+	+
General	Data Display	In 3D Image Fusion Viewer, an opacity pop-up slider and text field was added, isosurface may now be made translucent.	-	-	-	improved	+	+	+
General	Data Display	In 3D Image Fusion Viewer, clipping boxes and cutting spheres can be positioned and sized interactively within the 3D viewport	-	-	-	improved	+	+	+
General	Data Handling	DICOM export:– Automatic DICOM export of newly created image series into files or to a DICOM server	-	-	-	improved	+	+	+
General	Data Handling	DICOM export: – More options to specify the names of exported DICOM files. They may now also contain the image series description.	-	-	-	improved	+	+	+
General	Data Reconstruction	Image Stitching Processing: now supports stitching of multiple images acquired by manually moving the subject, or by positioning with a system other than the ATS	-	-	-	introduced	+	+	+
General	Data Reconstruction	Image Stitching Processing: problems with the choice of processing parameters now lead to hints on the GUI, instead of leading to run-time errors as before.	-	-	-	fixed	+	+	+
MR	Methods	New method AdjRefPowX - to calibrate Reference Power, with sequential power or pulse length increments. Especially useful for X-nuclei	-	-	-	introduced	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	Extension of parallel imaging - In 3D experiments it is now possible to accelerate in both phase encoding directions (available in standard imaging methods).	-	-	-	improved	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	Compressed Sensing - acceleration technique based on random undersampling made available in most imaging methods. *Not for distribution or use in the U.S.	-	-	-	wip	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	Partial-FT - Can now be applied in more than one direction: a homodyne reconstruction can be activated for the direction with the highest acceleration factor, otherwise, and for all other directions, zero-filling will be used.	-	-	-	improved	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	3D Segmentation - For FISP and MDEFT, the parameter Segments includes all steps to cover the entire 3D k-space, and not only one 2D plane (as in former versions).	-	-	-	improved	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	Flow Compensation - For FcFLASH and SegFLASH, the flow compensation gradient scheme is optimized for long echo times. Additionally, SegFLASH offers the possibility toswitch on/off flow compensation in different directions.	-	-	-	introduced	+	+	+
MRS	Data Handling	Data files of spectroscopy methods have been modified. See detailed description in the User manual chapters of the spectroscopic methods.	-	-	-	improved	+	+	+
MR	Hardware	Magnet Monitoring - On systems equipped with a Bruker Magnet Monitoring Unit 5(BMU5) or newer, an icon in the status bar now reflects the magnet status.	-	-	-	introduced	+	+	+
MR	Methods	Scan Tagging - Each scan within a sequence can be dynamically tagged by up to four numeric tags, similarly to timestamps. Scan data can be filtered and selected according to tags.	-	-	-	introduced	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	RARE : Phase Encoding Start can no longer be changed: it is always fixed to -1 in order to increase the robustness of RARE images. If RARE protocols are imported with phase encoding start different from -1, it will be automatically set to -1, increasing TE.	+	+	+	discontinued	-	-	-
MRI	Protocols	RARE based protocols with Phase Encoding Start different from -1 were adapted to maintain TE constant (details in Help/Distribution Note).	-	-	-	fixed	+	+	+
MRI	Methods	3D Segmentation - For FISP and MDEFT, the parameter Segments includes all steps to cover the entire 3D k-space, and not only one 2D plane (as in former versions). Segment Size and Scan/Segment Repetition Time appear changed for 3D protocols but protocol is not modified.	-	-	-	improved	+	+	+
uCT	Safety	Dosimetry - When the X-ray source is switched on, the icon in the status bar now also shows the voltage, current and ambient dose rate (see User Manual for details)	-	-	-	introduced	+	+	+
uCT	Safety	For setup and scan measurements the applied ambient dose is displayed on the Setup Card (see User Manual for details)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
uCT	Safety	Gated Acquisition - The CT method now allows to check whether gating signals are received before the X-ray source is switched on.	-	-	-	introduced	+	+	+
PET	Data Reconstruction	MAP-OSL reconstruction: New Reconstruction algorithm Maximum a Posteriori - One Step Late. It provides smoother images by reducing the noise levels.	-	-	-	introduced	+	+	+
PET	Data Reconstruction	OSEM reconstruction: New Reconstruction algorithm Ordered Subsets Expectation Maximization. It provides animage quality similar to MLEM (with a small increase in the noise) about 5 times faster.	-	-	-	introduced	+	+	+
PET	Data Reconstruction	Invariant PSF reconstruction: the Point Spread Function has been modeled to improve the response model implemented in the reconstruction.	-	-	-	introduced	+	+	+
PET	Data Reconstruction	Single Scatter Simulation: New scatter correction technique which provides more accurate estimation for the scatter. Requires an attenuation map to simulate the scatter in the field of view.	-	-	-	introduced	+	+	+
PET	Data Reconstruction	Data processing speed-up: The data processing which internally calibrates the data has been re-implemented to provide a much better user experience, calibrating the data prior to the reconstruction in almost real time.	-	-	-	improved	+	+	+
PET	Data Reconstruction	PET device configuration: three angles can be entered to correct systematic rotation of the PET modality with respect to the CT or MRI modality. This is in addition to the offsets already available, correcting for a shift of the modality center.	-	-	-	improved	+	+	+
General	ATS	ATS: FOV/DSV Display - Visualization of modality specific frames FOV (Fieldof View) or DSV (Diameter of Spherical Volume) to aid selection of the reference position.	-	-	-	introduced	+	+	+
General	Data Handling	DICOM Storage Commitment Client to check if an exported image series is stored on the DICOM server	-	-	-	-	introduced	+	+
General	Data Handling	DICOM Verification Client and Server. Using client to check DICOM server accesibility. Using storage commitment server to check ParaVison accessibility	-	-	-	-	introduced	+	+
General	Data Handling	DICOM Export Status dialog to check if and where to an image series was exported to DICOM	-	-	-	-	introduced	+	+
General	Data Analysis	Stacked ROI: new type of region of interest to facilitate the segmentation of three-dimensional structures ranging over several 2D images.	-	-	-	-	introduced	+	+
MRI	Methods	CAIPIRINHA: Improved parallel imaging for 3D encoding (available in standard imaging methods)	-	-	-	-	introduced	+	+
MRI	Methods	Simultaneous Multi-Slice (Multi-Band) Imaging introduced for EPI	-	-	-	-	introduced	+	+
MRI	Safety	RF duty cycle simulation in Simulation Platform. Note: the simulation does not provide RF supervision of the sample.	-	-	-	-	introduced	+	+
uCT	Data Reconstruction	New reconstruction software with improved performance for GPU reconstruction. Note: requires additional CodeMeter licenses	-	-	-	-	introduced	+	+
PET	Data Reconstruction	GPU-based PSF correction– Improves the speed of the PSF calculation	-	-	-	-	introduced	+	+
PET	Data Reconstruction	MAP square gradient convergent– Makes the MAP algorithm more robust for data with low statistics and high noise	-	-	-	-	introduced	+	+
PET	Data Reconstruction	Summary file after calibration– Provides the user with the statistics of the calibration data	-	-	-	-	introduced	+	+
General	ATS	ATS Kiosk Application: start and stop the execution of a prepared scanprogram from the touch screen of the HMI/ATS computer.	-	-	-	-	introduced	+	+
General	Software	LICENSE Upgrade Period: the delivered license key enables the user to update software during a given period.	-	-	-	-	-	introduced	+
General	Data Handling	DICOM Export of image series into a directory structure with an accompanying DICOMDIR file asdescribed in DICOM PS3.11.	-	-	-	-	-	introduced	+
General	Data Handling	DICOM IMPORT: C-STORE server to receive DICOM image series from a DICOM client and import the received images into ParaVision	-	-	-	-	-	introduced	+
MRS	Data Display	Frequency domain display in Acq/Reco window: the Fourier transform is updated at the same pace as the time domain data itself. Data analysis of data is performed on the averaged data and displayed at that pace.	-	-	-	-	-	improved	+
MR	Workflow	MR Scan Simulation (previously GOP Simulation): stop a running simulation and define a maximum simulation time, more precise time measurement, visualization of acquisition events, RF frequency changes and TTL pulses.	-	-	-	-	-	improved	+
MR	Hardware	Variable Temperature Unit (VTU) - On Micro-Imaging systems, it is now possible to set and load temperature limits in ParaVision coil configurations.	-	-	-	-	-	introduced	+
MRS	Methods	New method SLASER: semi-Laser for single voxel spectroscopy.	-	-	-	-	-	introduced	+
MRI	Methods	Simultaneous Multi-Slice (Multi-Band) Imaging: now available in DtiEpi, T2S_EPI, FLASH, FcFLASH, SegFLASH and FISP.	-	-	-	-	-	extended	+
MRI	Protocols	Anti-Aliasing added in Abdomen/Torso/T2_TurboRARE_3D protocols to avoid known slice artifacts.	-	-	-	-	-	fixed	+
PET	Data Reconstruction	Attenuation correction maps: MMPF animal bed attenuation datasets are available to be included in the AC maps.	-	-	-	-	-	extended	+
PET-MR	Data Reconstruction	Attenuation correction maps: attenuation datasets for the PET-optimized RF resonators are available for MRI systems with a PET insert.	-	-	-	-	-	introduced	+
General	ATS	ATS Kiosk Application - It is now possible to display the wobble curve on the touch screen of the HMI/ATS computer	-	-	-	-	-	extended	+
General	ATS	ATS Illumination/Camera Control - illumination settings, camera gain and exposure time can be changed to improve the contrast of the video image	-	-	-	-	-	introduced	+

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