In the Spotlight - Trenton Systems Medical Imaging Technology

'Medical Imaging' is the process used to create images of the human body to reveal, diagnose, or examine disease or injury. There are a variety of types, each using specific technology to generate a different image.

Sarsen Technology supplies high speed data acquisition and powerful embedded computing hardware for these kinds of applications -

• Computed Tomography (CT Scanning)
• Digital Radiography
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Nuclear Medicine Imaging
• Medical Image Processing
• Cardiovascular X-ray

Advances in medical imaging technology mean image quality and rendering speed are always being improved. X86 multi-core processor innovations supply increased processing power while reducing cost and size, which allows departments like Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Nuclear Medicine Imaging (NMI) and Cardiovascular X-ray to benefit from advances in high performance computing and image processing.

Medical system technology also has very demanding support requirements. Once stringent medical equipment approvals are in place, customers rely on their suppliers for long-term product supply and support.

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, backplanes and embedded motherboards. Using dual Intel multi-core processors in conjunction with PCI Express Gen 2 bus technology means these platforms can easily satisfy high-bandwidth medical imaging applications.

For more information on the work that Trenton are doing in the medical technology market place please get in touch, either by phone +44 1672 511166 or email us - info@sarsen.net

It's Medical March!

So we've had Green January and Financial February.... Now it's Medical March! We'll be bringing you all the coolest tech available from Sarsen, as well as application stories and innovations from this market sector.

Pretty exciting stuff I know!

Many of our manufacturers have products that are specifically designed with medical applications in mind. There are many factors that designers need to take into consideration when designing an embedded system for medical use, and one of the most important is long term availability. Once a product is designed in, and has undergone rigorous testing and approval processes, it could be in production or need support for upwards of 10 years.

 

VersaLogic Corp design a range of embedded computer products with guaranteed long term availability, as well as offering product life-cycle management to help eliminate product redesigns.

The Falcon EPU module from VersaLogic is an extremely small and rugged embedded computer, which been engineered and tested to meet the Medical industrys evolving requirements to develop smaller, lighter, and lower power embedded systems while adhering to stringent regulatory standards.

It's one of the smallest boards on the market, around the size of a credit card, and it's less than 1" thick so it is a great option for space constrained high reliability applications in the medical sector.

VL-EPU-2610 'Falcon' from VersaLogic

For more information get in touch with the sales team here at Sarsen. You can call the office on +44 1672 511166, or drop us an email - info@sarsen.net.

Some of the Coolest Embedded Applications supported by Sarsen Technology! (And these are just the ones we can tell you about....!)

September 5^th marks the birthday of 2 of the greatest gadget users in cinematic history - Batman and James Bond. 

Well, Michael Keaton and George Lazenby. 
But you get the point.

From jet packs to cryptographic sequencers; from the fully loaded Aston Martin to the Tumbler, these guys have some of the coolest tech around.

Here at Sarsen we represent manufacturers who had a hand in some pretty cool tech themselves!

Underwater Vehicle Controller: A major university marine research centre successfully completed sea trials of a deep water ROV that uses on-board UEIPowerDNA Cube and I/O hardware/ software to provide dynamic control of 5 forward/reverse thrusters (2 horizontal, 2 vertical, and 1 lateral), auxiliary system control, temperature/electrical system supervision, and an interface to the data telemetry equipment.

UEI unfortunately havent supported Batman directly, but we're waiting for the call.....

The ROV and associated surface vessels are capable of operating the ROV at depths up to 1000 meters.   

One of BittWare’s long-time customers designs stealth radar imaging systems for the military, among other applications. When they first approached BittWare over a decade ago, they required portability for ground-based radar in the field, but also needed to ensure that their system could provide high-speed data acquisition with the ability to perform highly complex data analysis in real-time, along with the flexibility to use the same design in aircraft and ship imaging. BittWare’s COTS hardware based on Analog Devices’ floating-point DSPs was the perfect fit, as it provided the necessary high-end digital signal processing, but was also available on multiple form-factors, ensuring that the same design could be ported to various applications. Throughout the more than decades-long relationship, three generations of BittWare products have been used in these applications.

Not quite a jet pack, but the SoloTrek is a practical solution to individual vertical take-off and landing flight which holds promising applications in the military, homeland security, commercial and civilian markets. Using readily available fuel, SoloTrek can hover for up to 1.5 hours, reach speeds of up to 81 mph, and traverse distances of up to 115 miles. 

The SoloTrek needed a very compact, lightweight, low-power, fanless computer with a variety of I/O options. The computer also had to be extremely reliable, since lives could depend on its continuous operation. A PC/104 board and expansion modules from VersaLogic fit the bill, with their high reliability, small 3.6" x 3.8" footprint, low power consumption and significant expansion capability.

So if you want your project to be James Bond worthy, pick up the Batphone and give us a call on +44 1672 511166!

Alfred and Q (a.k.a Robbie and Tim!) are here to help!