BrainVISA is a software platform that provides access to various analysis tools and enables to run one or more sequences of processes on a series of images. These processes are called up from specific libraries, or via command lines provided by different laboratories. These command lines therefore act as building blocks, which are used to create the tools assembly lines. BrainVISA comes with a range of different modules, for use in anatomical image processing, morphometry.

Other tools are provided by Anatomist, such as image viewing commands (fusion, display of graphs, etc.). Anatomist is a visualization and manipulation software used with images and structured objects such as sulci graphs (http://brainvisa.info). BrainVISA interacts with Anatomist in the management of a certain number of processes. Modules pertaining to functional image analysis or EEG-MEG analysis have also been implemented and are distributed as an additional toolbox (http://cogimage.dsi.cnrs.fr/logiciels/index.htm). It is perfectly possible to integrate your own processes or modules. All you need is a basic knowledge of computing and programming (Python language).