Medical Image Processing

Plextek provides a range of image processing and video processing capabilities which enable medical product manufacturers to utilise cutting edge techniques.

Medical Imaging Technology Development

Plextek has developed a wide variety of image processing techniques which can significantly enhance new medical products. We have a successful track record of providing innovative solutions to the medical device industry and assisting companies achieve regulatory approval.

Our range of activities in this field include low power and high resolution cameras, pattern and template matching, image enhancement and adaptive compression. We have developed telemetry links that allow remote viewing of high definition video and short range links that are suitable for operating theatre use.

Our wide background in all aspects of electronics enables us to design systems that achieve the optimal balance between resolution, range, power consumption, size and other factors.

Example Projects

• Plextek worked closely with an innovative medical start-up company to develop a non-intrusive method for measuring lung function. The system projects a pattern of light onto a patient and then uses stereoscopic images to measure chest deflection.

• A high-definition, battery powered camera that uses advanced signal processing techniques to send video over cellular links was developed by Plextek's image processing team. The system has a number of medical applications such as enabling paramedics to send high quality pictures of trauma victims to doctors before arriving at hospital so that they can give the most appropriate treatment as soon as the patient arrives.