Rogue Research News

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

Rogue Research returns to the Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) in Brisbane, Australia from June 24-28, 2025 where we will be exhibiting at Booths 10 & 15.  Our team of experts are excited to share the latest developments in neuroimaging-guided brain stimulation and veterinary neurosurgery. We will be presenting our Elevate collaborative brain stimulation platform that integrates all the steps from target selection to placement optimization using modeling to stimulation delivery using our Brainsight-controlled robot. We will also have with us the latest technology in veterinary neurosurgery, using computer vision, high resolution brain imaging and high-precision robotics to extend the accuracy of image-guided neurosurgery into the hundred micron range. We invite you to join us at this year’s meeting and look forward to discussing the latest groundbreaking research in neuroimaging with the OHBM community. 

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).

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 reboot the Mac.

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

Rogue Research returns to this year’s Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 16-20, 2025 at the TradeWinds Island Resort in St. Pete Beach, Florida. Our tools for non-invasive brain stimulation and veterinary neurosurgery have been used for 25 years to better understand visual perception and neurophysiology, and are currently used in over 1000 labs worldwide. The VSS annual meeting provides a unique opportunity to connect with the global community of vision scientists, share our latest advances and gain valuable feedback. We look forward to demonstrating the latest techniques in neuromodulation and vet neurosurgery, providing complimentary training, and exchanging research insights with the VSS community in Florida.

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

Join Rogue Research Inc. at this year’s annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society in Boston, Massachusetts from March 29 – April 1, 2025. Rogue Research has supported cognitive neuroscientists for 25 years with powerful tools to understand brain function and anatomy, and we look forward to sharing updates with our community of over 1,000 users.  Most recently we’ve combined robotics and custom communication protocols to allow real-time integration of brain stimulation with other live data sources. We invite you to chat with our team of experts and look forward to seeing the latest research in Boston.

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

Rogue Research invites you to join us at the 6th International Brain Stimulation Conference in Kobe, Japan, February 23–26, 2025. We will be exhibiting at Booths 41 & 42, where our team of experts will be on hand to walk you through the latest technology in image-guided human brain stimulation and veterinary neurosurgery.  In addition, on Monday, February 24, 2025,  7:30 am – 8:30 am, we will be hosting a workshop, “From target to delivery: Integrated pipeline to facilitate deployment of individualized NIBS”, where Roch Comeau, President of Rogue Research, will discuss the current state of our vision for a collaborative brain stimulation platform that integrates all the steps from target selection to placement optimization using modeling, to stimulation delivery using our Brainsight-controlled robot. Interested individuals can register for the event here.  Looking forward to seeing you in Japan!

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