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Belgium's Cliniques
universitaires Saint-Luc Builds Live Surgical Teaching System on
HaiVision HD Encoding Solution
Other Topics: IPTV
Remote Monitoring
HaiVision
August 28, 2009
HaiVision
Network Video today announced that its hai1020 series network video
systems, equipped with the company's low-latency MAKO-HD H.264
codec, are being used by Belgium's Cliniques universitaires
Saint-Luc to enable live transmission of video and medical imaging
from the operating room to a conference room on the opposite side of
the hospital campus. The hai1020 systems installed at the
Louvain-en-Woluwe campus near Brussels support bi-directional
delivery of HD video with latency under 70 milliseconds, enabling
visiting surgeons to interact with doctors in the operating room as
they demonstrate surgical techniques. |
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"Our surgeons and facilities are
among the best in Europe, and doctors come from all over the world
to spend two or three days watching live transmissions from our
operating room," said Philippe Meurrens, head of the audiovisual
center at Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc. "The intuitive
interface of our HaiVision system makes it very easy to make this
live connection, and its use of the highly efficient MAKO-HD H.264
codec ensures that we can provide very good image quality at bit
rates of just 3 to 5 Mbps. Seeing how easy it is to connect two
points over a network, other hospitals are expressing a lot of
interest in what we're doing."
The HaiVision encoders at Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc
leverage the hospital's existing IP network to deliver video from
point to point. As a result, Meurrens was able to establish live HD
transmission very quickly, without installing new cabling in the
operating room. Because the hai1020 systems support dual streams,
doctors in the conference room can view images from medical imaging
sources as they watch the doctor performing the surgical procedure.
The low latency of the system allows visitors and surgeons to engage
in discussion without distracting delays or the need for echo
cancellation.
In addition to using the hai1020 units to support on-campus
training, the hospital has extended its HD video delivery,
transmitted over a dedicated Internet link, to a second university
campus located 27 kilometers away at Louvain-La-Neuve. Meurrens is
exploring possibilities for leveraging a similar system to transmit
video from Brussels to clinics in other countries.
"The 'plug-and-play' logic of the HaiVision video delivery system is
ideal for this application, making it easy to set up and transmit
video between sites over IP," adds Meurrens. "The company's
solutions have worked very well for us so far, and we find the
future possibilities for this solution to be very exciting."
The hai1000 series TelePresence codec systems from HaiVision support
highly efficient MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 video compression at unsurpassed
levels, enabling communication of HD (up to 1080p) or SD video and
super wideband audio across IP networks at bandwidths anywhere from
256 kbps to 10 Mbps. The company's MAKO-HD "zero latency" codec is
the highest performance H.264 codec available for HD, supporting up
to 1080p resolution and an imperceptible 70 millisecond end-to-end
latency.
Complete information on HaiVision products, including recent case
studies and application notes, is available at
www.haivision.com/account/downloads.
About HaiVision Network Video
Based in Montreal and Chicago, HaiVision Network Video is a private
company and a world leader in delivering the most advanced video
networking technology and IPTV solutions. HaiVision's products are
deployed worldwide within the foremost Fortune 100 companies, in the
most rigorous military and defense applications, in healthcare
facilities for video collaboration and training, for education and
remote learning, in interactive broadcast applications, in IPTV
applications, and within the world's leading TelePresence suites.
HaiVision distributes its products through value-added resellers,
system integrators, distributors, and OEMs worldwide.
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