It’s time for a more clinically oriented topic on “neuro”. Otherwise people may have difficulties believing that I’m a real doctor for whom programming is just a hobby. Playing around, I browsed the new website of Brain Innovation. I have been working on fMRI and DTI with the BrainVoyager QX software package for some years now. I prefer it over SPM for its brilliant visualization, and over FSL for its easy of use.
The company is lead by Prof. Rainer Goebel from the Department of Neurocognition at Maastricht University. I am especially impressed by his latest work (nice video!) on brain-computer interfaces.
For those who want to learn a little more on the brain’s anatomy, he made the Brain Tutor application for Mac and Windows. And Brain Tutor 3D for the iPhone.
All of these tutor programs are free, and fun to play around with. Besides, talking about a successful merge of content expertise, scientific progress and a strong IT foundation: Rainer Goebel is the example for me…