NeuroNet: collaborative intraoperative guidance and control

Neurophysiological monitoring assesses CNS structure function relationships during surgery. NeuroNet supports remote performance of this task through real time multimodal data processing and multimedia network communication. The system is fully integrated, transparently combining the collection, processing, and presentation of real time data sources, including all physiological monitoring functions, with non real time functions and extensive online database information. Workstations are mounted in instrumentation racks and configured with appropriate electronics to support various data acquisition tasks including electroencephalograms (EEGs), electromyograms (EMGs), and multimodality evoked potentials. Multiple racks can be used in parallel on the same case if the number of variables to be monitored exceeds the capacity of a single tack. The data acquired on these systems is transparently accessible, in real time, across the network for both review and analysis.