Multifunctional imaging and fusion

A system (Integrated Multisensor Imaging and Processing System - IMIPS) is described which consists of techniques and protocols which have been implemented in Geneva to combine (through registration, visualization, navigation and processing) various multidimensional biomedical imaging sensors, including Electro-Magnetic Tomography (EMT), for studying, assessing, and localizing neurological (dys-)function for both clinical and research applications. The already well described interest for this combination stems from the broad variety of complementary information brought out by modern biomedical imaging modalities. In this context, the input of volumetric EMT permits direct sighting, in near real-time, of any EM (dys- )funcfional behavior. Besides allowing morphology, metabolism and function to be studied simultaneously and from different points of view, the global combination permitted by IMIPS is expected to show its best value when studying pathologies reflected by metabolic or electrophysiologic dysfunctions.