Author name: sean_mc

We have created an account on github to share our publicly available sample code. This sample code is already part of the Brainsight download, but having it on github allows bug reports, patch requests, and public collaboration.

We are happy to announce the release of Brainsight 2.5.11.

Before proceeding with this update, please read the following important information.

Minimum requirements:

• macOS 10.13 High Sierra is the minimum requirement, increased from macOS 10.11 El Capitan in Brainsight 2.4. For a free update, visit <https://support.apple.com/en-us/102662>. Contact us if you need to upgrade your Mac hardware.
• This version of Brainsight was tested against macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra), 10.14.6 (Mojave), 10.15.7 (Catalina), 11.7.10 (Big Sur), 12.7.6 (Monterey), 13.7.8 (Ventura), 14.8.3 (Sonoma), 15.7.3 (Sequoia), and 26.2 (Tahoe).
• Mac OS X 10.12 (Sierra) and earlier are unsupported. Support for 10.13, 10.14, and 10.15 will be ending soon.

Changes since version 2.5.10:

• Fixed a bug where speech recognition did not work on macOS 26 Tahoe.
• Improved the network server feature to provide more information related to the currently selected target. A new packet named ‘request:get-current-target-in-session’ can be used to get the current target information at any time, and the existing ‘response:create-sample’ and ‘response:list-session-targets’ packets were updated to also include information about the current target.
• Fixed a bug where if an inline, inline 90, or perpendicular view was first panned and then zoomed, portions of the crosshairs were drawn in the wrong place.
• Fixed a bug where the (subtle) direction indication in the disc shape for targets was rotated 90 degrees.
• Fixed miscellaneous bugs.

Download:

• Brainsight 2.5.11 can be downloaded from our website here: <https://www.rogue-research.com/downloads>
• You might also need to download the latest “Support Files Human” and/or “Support Files Vet” if you have an older version. Brainsight will warn at launch if that’s the case.
• You’ll need your serial number, which you can get from Brainsight itself from the Brainsight menu > ‘Enter/View Serial Number’.

Feedback:

• Please report any and all bugs, feedback, suggestions, etc. to <support@rogue-research.com> or by phone at +1-866-984-3888 (Canada & USA) or +1-514-284-3888.

Thank you,

The Rogue Research Team

We are happy to announce the release of Brainsight 2.5.10.

Before proceeding with this update, please read the following important information.

Minimum requirements:

• macOS 10.13 High Sierra is the minimum requirement, increased from macOS 10.11 El Capitan in Brainsight 2.4. For a free update, visit <https://support.apple.com/en-us/102662>. Contact us if you need to upgrade your Mac hardware.
• This version of Brainsight was tested against macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra), 10.14.6 (Mojave), 10.15.7 (Catalina), 11.7.10 (Big Sur), 12.7.6 (Monterey), 13.7.6 (Ventura), 14.7.6 (Sonoma), 15.7.2 (Sequoia), and 26.1 (Tahoe).
• Mac OS X 10.12 (Sierra) and earlier are unsupported. Support for 10.13, 10.14, and 10.15 will be ending soon.

Changes since version 2.5.9:

• Fixed a bug where invoking BabelBrain to compute a TMS simulation would fail if the anatomical NIfTI file did not contain a qform.
• Added a new button to attempt to clear error conditions reported by the Vet Robot. This is mostly to use in response to the ‘critical motion error’, should it occur.
• Improved error messages when the Vet Robot reports an error.
• Made the green dots representing Polaris tools in 2D views a little bit bigger, thus easier to see from farther away.
• Fixed a rare bug where 2D and 3D MPR slices could sometimes appear blank. This only happened with certain datasets with particular spacing.
• Fixed a cosmetic bug where the NIRS wavelength selection buttons were still visible even if the legend was collapsed.
• Fixed miscellaneous bugs.

Download:

• Brainsight 2.5.10 can be downloaded from our website here: <https://www.rogue-research.com/downloads>
• You might also need to download the latest “Support Files Human” and/or “Support Files Vet” if you have an older version. Brainsight will warn at launch if that’s the case.
• You’ll need your serial number, which you can get from Brainsight itself from the Brainsight menu > ‘Enter/View Serial Number’.

Feedback:

• Please report any and all bugs, feedback, suggestions, etc. to <support@rogue-research.com> or by phone at +1-866-984-3888 (Canada & USA) or +1-514-284-3888.

Thank you,

The Rogue Research Tea

We are happy to announce the release of Brainsight 2.5.9.

Before proceeding with this update, please read the following important information.

Minimum requirements:

• macOS 10.13 High Sierra is the minimum requirement, increased from macOS 10.11 El Capitan in Brainsight 2.4. For a free update, visit <https://support.apple.com/en-us/102662>. Contact us if you need to upgrade your Mac hardware.
• This version of Brainsight was tested against macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra), 10.14.6 (Mojave), 10.15.7 (Catalina), 11.7.10 (Big Sur), 12.7.6 (Monterey), 13.7.6 (Ventura), 14.7.6 (Sonoma), and 15.5 (Sequoia).
• Mac OS X 10.12 (Sierra) and earlier are unsupported. Support for 10.13, 10.14, and 10.15 will be ending soon.

Changes since version 2.5.8:

• Various text fields (particularly those related to coordinates or matrices) now allow entering more decimal digits.
• Exported Brainsight .txt files (from Review window, or file streaming feature) now use many more decimal digits, for more exact results.
• When invoking SimNIBS, a custom coil file can now be specified (instead of only being able to choose from a fixed popup list).
• Improved Vet Robot stereo calibration results when using 50 mm lenses.
• Improved Vet Robot tool calibration quality, especially for unusual tool shapes and orientations.
• When creating Vet Robot tool calibrations, the user interface now gives more information on the quality of the calibration.
• Fixed miscellaneous bugs.

Download:

• Brainsight 2.5.9 can be downloaded from our website here: <https://www.rogue-research.com/downloads>
• You might also need to download the latest “Support Files Human” and/or “Support Files Vet” if you have an older version. Brainsight will warn at launch if that’s the case.
• You’ll need your serial number, which you can get from Brainsight itself from the Brainsight menu > ‘Enter/View Serial Number’.

Feedback:

• Please report any and all bugs, feedback, suggestions, etc. to <support@rogue-research.com> or by phone at +1-866-984-3888 (Canada & USA) or +1-514-284-3888.

Thank you,

The Rogue Research Team

Starting with macOS 15 Sequoia, macOS now requires that users grant permission to any application that uses the local network. Brainsight needs that permission granted for:

• Using network-based Polaris cameras like the Lyra and Vega (not for USB-based Polaris like Vicra)
• Using our NIRS device
• Using our Vet Robot device
• Using the NEURO PRAX EEG device
• Using the Axilum TMS-Robot and TMS-Cobot
• Using Brainsight’s network server feature

The first time Brainsight attempts to contact any such device, the following screen will appear:

Best to grant permission immediately. It *should* never ask again and work thereafter (though we have seen bugs in this area).

Early versions of macOS 15 Sequoia also had numerous bugs with this Local Network security feature, be sure to update to the latest 15.x version if you are having any issues.

If you don’t grant permission immediately, or are having trouble connecting to the devices listed above: at the top left of the screen, click the Apple menu > System Settings > Privacy & Security > Local Network (you may need to scroll downwards to see it). In that screen, there should be a list of applications, including Brainsight. Make sure the switch on the right side of the list is enabled:

If Brainsight is still unable to access the network device, try switching the permission off then back on again, and relaunch Brainsight.

Some users report that after rebooting their Mac, macOS forgets that Brainsight should have local network permission, this despite the permission showing as granted as in screenshot above. Switching the permission off then back on (and relaunching Brainsight) seems to fix this, but then after the next reboot the permission is again forgotten, and so on forever. We believe this is a macOS bug and have reported it to Apple. If this occurs to you, please contact us. At least one user in this situation was able to remedy it by deleting the following file: /Library/Preferences/com.apple.networkextension.uuidcache.plist and then rebooting. It’s possible deleting this file might reset other network settings, so should only be tried as a last resort. For other users this has not worked. One last ditch solution is to create an entirely different user account on the Mac, this seems to work reliably but of course is far from ideal.

We are happy to announce the release of Brainsight 2.5.8.

Before proceeding with this update, please read the following important information.

Minimum requirements:

• macOS 10.13 High Sierra is now the minimum requirement, increased from macOS 10.11 El Capitan in Brainsight 2.4. For a free update, visit <https://support.apple.com/macos/upgrade>. Contact us if you need to upgrade your Mac hardware.
• This version of Brainsight was tested against macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra), 10.14.6 (Mojave), 10.15.7 (Catalina), 11.7.10 (Big Sur), 12.7.6 (Monterey), 13.7.2 (Ventura), 14.7.3 (Sonoma), and 15.3.2 (Sequoia).
• Mac OS X 10.12 (Sierra) and earlier are unsupported. Support for 10.13 and 10.14 will be ending soon.

Changes since version 2.5.7:

• Fixed a bug in the ‘response:select-target-in-session’, ‘response:list-session-targets’, ‘response:create-sample’, ‘stream:sample-creation’, and ‘stream:sample-emg’ packets where the ‘coordinate-system’ field behaved as intended, but the ‘position’ field was always in Brainsight coordinates instead of the indicated coordinate system.
• Fixed miscellaneous bugs.

Download:

• Brainsight 2.5.8 can be downloaded from our website here: <https://www.rogue-research.com/downloads>
• You might also need to download the latest “Support Files Human” and/or “Support Files Vet” if you have an older version. Brainsight will warn at launch if that’s the case.
• You’ll need your serial number, which you can get from Brainsight itself from the Brainsight menu > ‘Enter/View Serial Number’.

Feedback:

• Please report any and all bugs, feedback, suggestions, etc. to <support@rogue-research.com> or by phone at +1-866-984-3888 (Canada & USA) or +1-514-284-3888.

Thank you,

The Rogue Research Team

We are happy to announce the release of Brainsight 2.5.7.

Before proceeding with this update, please read the following important information.

Minimum requirements:

• macOS 10.13 High Sierra is now the minimum requirement, increased from macOS 10.11 El Capitan in Brainsight 2.4. For a free update, visit <https://support.apple.com/macos/upgrade>. Contact us if you need to upgrade your Mac hardware.
• This version of Brainsight was tested against macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra), 10.14.6 (Mojave), 10.15.7 (Catalina), 11.7.10 (Big Sur), 12.7.6 (Monterey), 13.7.2 (Ventura), 14.7.2 (Sonoma), and 15.3 (Sequoia).
• Mac OS X 10.12 (Sierra) and earlier are unsupported. Support for 10.13 and 10.14 will be ending soon.

Changes since version 2.5.6:

• Fixed a bug in the ‘create-target-at-location’ packet in the network protocol where the reported index path of the created target would (usually) be incorrect if there were any folders amongst the session’s targets.
• Changed the ‘create-target-at-location’ packet in the network protocol to allow the target position to be unspecified, in which case the target will be positioned at the current crosshairs position in the Session Perform window.
• When exporting curvilinear reconstructions to a file, they are now always coloured using the anatomical’s voxels. For curvilinears created from ROI, this is a bug fix because previously they weren’t being coloured at all. For curvilinears from overlays, this is a behaviour change as they were previously coloured from the overlay they were created from.
• Fixed miscellaneous bugs.

Download:

• Brainsight 2.5.7 can be downloaded from our website here: <https://www.rogue-research.com/downloads>
• You might also need to download the latest “Support Files Human” and/or “Support Files Vet” if you have an older version. Brainsight will warn at launch if that’s the case.
• You’ll need your serial number, which you can get from Brainsight itself from the Brainsight menu > ‘Enter/View Serial Number’.

Feedback:

• Please report any and all bugs, feedback, suggestions, etc. to <support@rogue-research.com> or by phone at +1-866-984-3888 (Canada & USA) or +1-514-284-3888.

Thank you,

The Rogue Research Team

We are happy to announce the release of Brainsight 2.5.6.

Before proceeding with this update, please read the following important information.

Minimum requirements:

• macOS 10.13 High Sierra is now the minimum requirement, increased from macOS 10.11 El Capitan in Brainsight 2.4. For a free update, visit <https://support.apple.com/macos/upgrade>. Contact us if you need to upgrade your Mac hardware.
• This version of Brainsight was tested against macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra), 10.14.6 (Mojave), 10.15.7 (Catalina), 11.7.10 (Big Sur), 12.7.6 (Monterey), 13.7.2 (Ventura), 14.7.2 (Sonoma), and 15.3 (Sequoia).
• Mac OS X 10.12 (Sierra) and earlier are unsupported. Support for 10.13 and 10.14 will be ending soon.

Changes since version 2.5.5:

• Brainsight can now act as a TCP/IP network server, and accept connections from one or more client applications. Clients can request that Brainsight perform certain actions, and Brainsight can inform clients when certain events occur. We provide documentation for the network communication protocol and sample Python code. (This feature requires at least macOS 10.14, and 10.15 for full functionality.)
• Oblique images (inline, inline 90, and perpendicular) use a better interpolation algorithm and thus now appear less grainy.
• Fixed a bug where long EMG channel names (from NEURO PRAX) were sometimes truncated in the legend.
• Added a warning if the NEURO PRAX measurement list is changed during a Brainsight session. This was never supported, and could corrupt data.
• Improved error messages when connection to a network-based Polaris fails.
• Fixed miscellaneous bugs.

Download:

• Brainsight 2.5.6 can be downloaded from our website here: <https://www.rogue-research.com/downloads>
• You might also need to download the latest “Support Files Human” and/or “Support Files Vet” if you have an older version. Brainsight will warn at launch if that’s the case.
• You’ll need your serial number, which you can get from Brainsight itself from the Brainsight menu > ‘Enter/View Serial Number’.

Feedback:

• Please report any and all bugs, feedback, suggestions, etc. to <support@rogue-research.com> or by phone at +1-866-984-3888 (Canada & USA) or +1-514-284-3888.

Thank you,

The Rogue Research Team

We are happy to announce the release of Brainsight 2.5.5.

Before proceeding with this update, please read the following important information.

Minimum requirements:

• macOS 10.13 High Sierra is now the minimum requirement, increased from macOS 10.11 El Capitan in Brainsight 2.4. For a free update, visit <https://support.apple.com/macos/upgrade>. Contact us if you need to upgrade your Mac hardware.
• This version of Brainsight was tested against macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra), 10.14.6 (Mojave), 10.15.7 (Catalina), 11.7.10 (Big Sur), 12.7.6 (Monterey), 13.7.1 (Ventura), 14.7.1 (Sonoma), and 15.1.1 (Sequoia).
• Mac OS X 10.12 (Sierra) and earlier are unsupported. Support for 10.13 and 10.14 will be ending soon.

Changes since version 2.5.4:

• Made substantial improvements to Vet Robot tool calibration. The workflow is mostly the same except that you no longer need to identify the tool tip and shaft in both cameras simultaneously, you can instead do so in one camera at a time, which is helpful as the camera field of view is small and it can be hard to position a tool to be visible in both simultaneously. The algorithm that calculates the tool calibration is also much improved, giving more accurate tool calibrations.
• Improved Vet Robot tool-relative movement user interface to be more intuitive, and consistently move and rotate the tool around its axes: injection/retraction, left/right, forward/backward. Previously, the behaviour was not predictable.
• Vet Robot target reachability checks now have the option of checking that not only is the target itself reachable, but that a few millimetres deeper is also reachable. A new textfield in the Perform window allows setting this amount.
• Improved Vet Robot stereo calibration for small animal systems, to better cover the cameras’ field of view.
• Fixed a rare bug where Vet Robot stereo calibration could get stuck in an infinite loop.
• When importing targets from a text file, if the coordinate system name is set to “Relative”, the positions in the file can be interpreted as relative to another (already-existing) target.
• Fixed a bug where projects based on a SimNIBS .gmsh file could get the NIfTI sform and qform confused and result in an error message when invoking BabelBrain to perform a TMS simulation.
• Fixed a bug where Polaris tool tracking could sometimes show the subject tracker move with respect to the subject’s head. This was merely a visual glitch, and did not affect correctness.
• Improved performance working with many targets (example: big grids).
• Improved performance working with many electrodes (example: big EEG/NIRS caps).
• Improved performance opening .dxf files.
• The Polaris firmware version number is now shown in the Polaris Configuration window.
• In waveform views, when in staggered mode, you can now click a waveform to get a tooltip showing the channel name.
• Fixed a crash opening corrupt project files.
• Fixed a bug where recalibrating a NIRS block would program an incorrect version number into the block’s memory.
• Fixed a bug where the bullseye view would show a TMS coil in the background when a fUS tool was being used.
• Fixed a bug where the Vet Robot firmware version number would sometimes be displayed incorrectly.
• Fixed a bug where changing a sample’s EMG peak-to-peak value or its “contribute” checkbox would fail to refresh the sample’s colour in 2D and 3D views.
• Fixed a bug where changing the time index in a 4D overlay would sometimes fail to refresh 2D and 3D views.
• Fixed a bug where, if there were multiple surface reconstructions, changing the colour or other attribute of one would sometimes fail to refresh 3D views.
• Fixed a bug where, if there were multiple curvilinear reconstructions, changing the peel depth of one would sometimes fail to refresh 3D views.
• Fixed miscellaneous bugs.

Download:

• Brainsight 2.5.5 can be downloaded from our website here: <https://www.rogue-research.com/downloads>
• You might also need to download the latest “Support Files Human” and/or “Support Files Vet” if you have an older version. Brainsight will warn at launch if that’s the case.
• You’ll need your serial number, which you can get from Brainsight itself from the Brainsight menu > ‘Enter/View Serial Number’.

Feedback:

• Please report any and all bugs, feedback, suggestions, etc. to <support@rogue-research.com> or by phone at +1-866-984-3888 (Canada & USA) or +1-514-284-3888.

Thank you,

The Rogue Research Team

We are happy to announce the release of Brainsight 2.5.4.

Before proceeding with this update, please read the following important information.

Minimum requirements:

• macOS 10.13 High Sierra is now the minimum requirement, increased from macOS 10.11 El Capitan in Brainsight 2.4. For a free update, visit <https://support.apple.com/macos/upgrade>. Contact us if you need to upgrade your Mac hardware.
• This version of Brainsight was tested against macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra), 10.14.6 (Mojave), 10.15.7 (Catalina), 11.7.10 (Big Sur), 12.7.5 (Monterey), 13.6.7 (Ventura), and 14.5 (Sonoma).
• Mac OS X 10.12 (Sierra) and earlier are unsupported.

Changes since version 2.5.3:

• Moved some user interface controls from the bottom to the top of the window, namely the 3D Crosshairs and Driver popup buttons. This gives more vertical space for images and makes the contents of the popup menu less likely to overflow.
• Added a new option in the Trigger Options window to allow creating samples even when the relevant Polaris tools are not visible (by default samples cannot be created when, for example, the coil tracker is not visible.)
• Now default to looking for SimNIBS 4.1 (newest at time of writing), instead of 4.0. If you have an older (or newer) version, adjust the path in Brainsight > Settings.
• Added a fourth set of tool-relative Vet Robot movement controls that only have buttons to inject and retract the tool. The controls that allow the more dangerous tool-relative rotations are now separated in a different pane.
• No longer allow Vet Robot to move to a marker-type target, only to trajectory-type targets. This is a safety precaution because, although markers technically have an orientation, it’s not displayed, and so the robot risks moving in an unexpected direction.
• Fixed a bug where Vet Robot subject registration would fail if the skull reconstruction was not watertight and consisted of several disjoint pieces and one of the initial registration landmarks was touching a secondary piece.
• For Vet Robot sessions, the default threshold range in the Validation step was tightened from 0.5 to 0.3 mm, reflecting recent improvements in system accuracy.
• Made various improvements for Axilum Robot / Cobot support:
  • An error message is now shown if the Cobot is not in MCP (manual control panel) mode.
  • Added functionality to switch Cobot sides.
  • The force sensor check procedure must now be redone if the coil is changed, or if two hours has elapsed.
  • Coil names are now partly anonymized, to no longer reveal if a sham coil is being used (to help with blind studies).
  • Extended the range of the contact sensor sensitivity.
• The Polaris Lyra is now configured to track at 30 Hz instead of 20 Hz.
• Fixed a bug where a bumps to a Polaris were not reported.
• Fixed a bug that could result in a failure to read some valid NIfTI files, for example those generated by BabelBrain.
• Fixed a bug where vector field arrows (for TMS simulation for example) sometimes did not display when then should have.
• Fixed a bug where 4D datasets with exactly 4 time components would be interpreted and drawn as vector fields.
• Added a new fUS transducer option for 3D Crosshairs shape.
• Added a new button next to the scene selection popup menu to quickly customize a view.
• A TMS coil is no longer shown in bullseye views when the selected tool calibration is fUS-type.
• Creating a surface/skin reconstruction is now about 25% faster.
• Creating a curvilinear reconstruction is now about 35% faster.
• Fixed various crashes that could occur opening corrupt files.
• Fixed miscellaneous bugs.

Download:

• Brainsight 2.5.4 can be downloaded from our website here: <https://www.rogue-research.com/downloads>
• You might also need to download the latest “Support Files Human” and/or “Support Files Vet” if you have an older version. Brainsight will warn at launch if that’s the case.
• You’ll need your serial number, which you can get from Brainsight itself from the Brainsight menu > ‘Enter/View Serial Number’.

Feedback:

• Please report any and all bugs, feedback, suggestions, etc. to <support@rogue-research.com> or by phone at +1-866-984-3888 (Canada & USA) or +1-514-284-3888.

Thank you,

The Rogue Research Team