Machine Vision

Medical

• Send images to more than one PC or display
• Achieve electromagnetic isolation
• Deliver mobile systems
• Interconnect easily to other systems

Medical imaging systems such as mammography, radiography, radiation, and CT scan machines benefit greatly from the long-distance reach and networking flexibility enabled by Pleora's iPORT™ Connectivity Solution.

Cameras and processing PCs in these systems must be directly connected by cables no more than 10-20 meters in length, unless costly specialized fiber extenders and other special equipment is used. iPORT removes these limitations, delivering reliable, deterministic connections between cameras/devices and PCs over 100 meters of ordinary Category-5 copper cable. With low-cost GigE switches or standard, readily available RJ-45 fiber connectors, the reach is even further.

iPORT also brings GigE's flexible range of network architectures to medical systems, from traditional one-camera-to-one-PC links to installations where multiple cameras send data simultaneously to multiple PCs for real-time displaying, processing, and archiving. In the example below, images captured by one X-ray machine are sent simultaneously in real time to one or more PCs via a GigE switch. The Cat-5 cable can be wired inexpensively to a number of hospital rooms, and networked medical equipment can be wheeled where needed and simply plugged in like an appliance.

iPORT's advanced transport protocol guarantees deterministic delivery of all images acquired by cameras/devices, ensuring that iPORT products meet the stringent reliability and performance requirements of medical installations.

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