Medical imaging equipment is increasing day by day and playing a crucial role in healthcare to lower patient costs and to provide the functionality needed to meet these industry goals equipment developers are turning to programmable logic devices such as Altera’s FPGAs.
Some development in medical imaging includes :
■ X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), CT scanner, ultrasound, and 3D imaging systems
■ Measuring and analysis instruments
■ Optical manipulation and analysis
■ Surgical microscopes
■ Telemedicine systems
FPGAs can be also used to detect cancer from video imaging. There is a system called BioScan System. So it is based on a sensor called the Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) which is sensitive to temperature changes of less than 0.015° Celsius and has a speed of more than 200 frames per second. The digital sensor detects the infrared energy emitted from the body so we can see the minute differences with increased blood flow due to cancer. Using FPGAs makes BioScan 1000 times faster rate.
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