Embedded Systems for Medical Applications from Sarsen Technology Ltd

Medical systems often have very demanding technology and support requirements. MRI scanners, CT scanners and ultrasound imaging systems typically require powerful data acquisition, digital signal processing and data recording solutions.

Because Sarsen Technology Ltd understands that medical customers have special requirements, we supply high speed data acquisition and powerful embedded computing hardware for such applications. Once the medical equipment approvals are in place, our clients rely on us for long-term product supply & support.

Sarsen Technology represents a range of US manufacturers with a proven track record in supplying high reliability solutions to the medical industry. VersaLogic''s embedded computer products enable lifesaving equipment. Every VersaLogic product is designed for high reliability, manufactured and tested to the highest quality standards, and backed by a 5+ year production life guarantee.

The Mamba EBX board is an embedded SBC featuring a high-performance Intel Core 2 Duo processor. With its combination of very high performance (up to 2.26 GHz), mid-range power consumption (18.5W typ.), and extensive on-board I/O capabilities, the Mamba is an ideal embedded computer solution for medical applications that rely on fast on-board processing of large amounts of data. BittWare’s hybrid signal processing boards provide an ideal solution for medical imaging systems designers.

These boards provide the programming flexibility of an FPGA with the number-crunching power of a DSP, integrated by an innovative architecture − BittWare’s ATLANTiS Framework, allowing system designers to use both to their full advantage to get their products to market quickly and cost-effectively. To meet the needs of the medical industry, Trenton Systems designs products with longevity and reliability in mind, using processors with 7 year availability and offering a 5 year factory warranty on single board computers, back planes & embedded motherboards.

Advances in medical imaging technology continue to improve both image quality and rendering speed as x86 multi-core processor innovations supply increased processing power while reducing cost and size. Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Nuclear Medicine Imaging (NMI) and Cardiovascular X-ray represent applications which take advantage of such advances in high performance computing and image processing.

At General Standards, innovation has produced major product breakthroughs that have redefined entire product categories. Among them are products embedded in FAA approved bomb scanners, medical imaging and scanning devices, test equipment for the military, and communications equipment.

Conduant’s Big River™ RTX16 Digital Recording System is configured to provide clients with StreamStor ® high-speed recording and play-back technology, built into a heavy-duty industrial 19” rack-mount chassis that includes a PCI backplane for COTS component flexibility, a set of individually removable hard disk drives for data storage and an onboard Dual Core Xeon Server that can be used to handle command and control as well as data manipulation.

The Big River™ RTX16 recording chassis configurations provide clients with 16 removable hard disk drives for multiple terabytes of data storage capacity and can be used to support a variety of data streaming applications such as medical imaging. United Electronic Industries (UEI) has worked with NASA, supplying the UEIPAC Cube to perform an essential role in controlling the COLBERT treadmill in the new space station exercise facility.

The astronauts need the treadmill both for exercise and for maintaining bone density in a gravity-free environment. Some of the functions monitored by the UEIPAC are characteristics of the astronaut’s gait and foot impact forces while exercising on the treadmill. This is determined by sensing data of various types from accelerometers and load cells in the treadmill and associated restraining equipment.

For more information on how Sarsen Technology Ltd can help you find the right solution for your medical application please call us on +44 1672 511166, or drop us an email - info@sarsen.net.