Cranial Guidance Software

Features and benefits¹

• In tandem with Q Guidance System, provides a single solution to track cutting-edge navigated instruments
• Delivers groundbreaking surgical planning and guidance capabilities via active/passive hybrid optical tracking – plus optional, scalable modules for navigated brain biopsy and EM Catheter Placement
• Provides automatic, algorithmic processing and comprehensive guidance data that aim to elevate your confidence and surgical ability
• Simpler than ever¹, with 50% fewer main pages (only 4), 57% fewer minimum clicks, and a nearly 30% decrease in workflow steps
  
• 100% 5-star surgeon rating reported during validation labs^*

*Overall system accuracy – 9 surgeons
 Accuracy of system in craniotomy – 7 surgeons
 Accuracy of biopsy placement – 6 surgeons

Tractography with fiber bundles

Planning

• Quick Segmentation Tool
  
• Skull stripping (visualizes brain tissue only)
• Display customization
• Surgical zone
• Ability to visualize tractography with fiber bundles
• Image import (with auto analysis, segmentation and sequence detection)

Simplification

• Tools for identifying, marking and localizing targets and anatomical structures of interest
• Enables planning and aligning instruments to preplanned trajectories based on entry point and target
• High performance 2D-3D visualization
• Same-screen viewing of co-registered image sets from different imaging modalities or sequences individually in different 2D/3D views
  
• Surgeon-driven dashboards replace toggling between workflow tabs
• Flexible surface registration (not mandated at setup)
• Ability to instantly correct patient orientation up to 45º in respective plane without creating new anatomical coordinate system

Navigation

• Gesture recognition (no-touch validation, calibration and point digitization)
• Precision Targeting System (additional module and Navigated Biopsy Needle)
• EM Catheter Placement (additional module)
• Support of legacy active pointers and trackers
• Compatible with existing CranialMask Tracker

Precision Targeting System:

Optional module for brain biopsy

• Displays intuitive visual navigation icons and auto calculations
• Helps guide users from gross alignment to precise trajectory
• Enables drilling through skull at a pre-defined point
• Helps protect vital structures via auto-calculated depth stop for Navigated Biopsy Needle
• Tracks/displays Navigated Biopsy Needle progression until arrival at target   
  

When Navigated Biopsy Needle reaches target, indicator turns from orange to green

Intuitive graphics with auto calculations show your progression towards target

• Includes EM Field Generator, mounting arm, trackers, instrumentation and Instrument Adapter Box
• Enables pinless procedures on adult and pediatric patients
• Applicable for various shunt (VP, VA, LP) and EVD procedures
• Small sensors on stylet tip enable tracking without direct line-of-sight to field generator and maintain accuracy under deflection
• Designed to intuitively guide placement of third-party catheters to a pre-planned trajectory via our navigated EM Stylet
• EM Stylet maintains visualization at the distal tip without additional calibration
• EM patient tracker can be reprocessed up to 10 times and used with disposable adhesive patient tracker tab