Custom Imaging Hardware and Software Solutions
For large imaging studies, efficiency and reproducibility are two key issues. The Biomedical Imaging Resource Core provides custom software, hardware and image-guidance solutions to ensure efficient processing and reproducible results.
Custom software development
Key features of custom software developed by the core include:
- Efficient, automated processing pipelines
- Interactive annotation and editing tools
- Open-source and proprietary solutions
- Support of many different technologies (including ITK, VTK, OpenGL, Inventor, Qt, Tcl/Tk, AVW, MATLAB and Python)
Custom workstation configurations
Custom workstations built and supported by the core may include:
- Large arrays of disk and RAM
- High-end GPU and CPU computation
- Windows and Linux platforms
- Custom add-on boards (including signal capture devices)
Custom image-guidance solutions
The core can support research in new image-guidance procedures by:
- Developing hardware and software guidance systems
- Constructing anthropomorphic phantoms for testing
- Designing validation experiments
- Providing in-depth training on existing or new procedures