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| The pilot installation at St. James's hospital demonstrates the integration of the various technologies in a real-world system. It is an excellent showcase illustrating one of the many potential application areas for an AMIE system. It is not an exhaustive demonstration of all of the capabilities of the technology, as the generic building blocks and sub-systems are instantly applicable to many other application scenarios. To use and exploit AMIE's results, potential customers should identify the relevant technologies and then contact the following companies. | |
| Where a potential customer identifies the need for more than one specific component, perhaps even a complete system, then they should contact the most appropriately located partner. All partners are empowered to assemble the required group of components and skills, from across the organisations if necessary, and to make a co-ordinated offer to meet the specific systems requirements for any given customer enquiry. Each instance will be considered on its own merits and may not necessarily result in an across organisation offer. | |
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ATM NetworkingThe prototype ATM network cards, ATM switches and ATM file servers were designed by ORL. Advanced Telecommunications Modules Limited (ATML) is a spin-off company from ORL who have licensed the prototype ATM networking components and have undertaken commercialisation of the prototypes. The units deployed in the pilot are ATM Forum compliant production units available under normal commercial terms from ATM Ltd.Contact: Tel: (+44 1223) 566.919 http://www.atml.co.uk [email protected] |
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Wireless NetworkingThe DECT wireless networking components (PC-driven base station and PCMCIA transceiver card) have been developed by Sixtel who is also responsible for their commercialisation. During the AMIE project Sixtel obtained European Type Approval for the DECT radio module. This is a significant achievment enabling the radio to be sold across Europe. Sixtel are investigating the use of DECT in the demanding area of wireless local-loop connections to provide a mixed telephony and data network to the home. The group that developed the PCMCIA card was recently seconded to the sister company Telemedia Applicazioni.Contact: |
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Multimedia Networked PeripheralsThe audio and video "smart ATM modules" were designed and developed at ORL within the context of the project; the ORL prototypes were deployed in the pilot trial. ORL has now formed another spin-off company, Telemedia Systems Limited, who is commercialising, manufacturing and selling enhanced versions of the units.Contact: Tel: (+44 1223) 477.000 http://www.telemedia.co.uk [email protected] |
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Multimedia System SoftwareMedusa was extended during the project to encompass the Microsoft Windows '95 and NT (Win 32) operating systems. The multimedia libraries and toolkits are now being maintained and commercialised by TSL.Contact: Tel: (+44 1223) 477.000 http://www.telemedia.co.uk [email protected] |
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Handwriting Recognition EngineThe handwriting recognition engine was developed by LEP-Philips. The new neural network algorithm, CTRBF, is now covered by a patent. Philips Semiconductors plans to exploit the software in its PDAs and would also welcome the opportunity to discuss licensing of this Patented technology.Contact: Tel: (+33 1) 4510.6865 Philips Semiconductors |
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CAPTEC is a high-technology Irish owned company that specialises in advanced software development, image processing products and applications. Particular company expertise has been developed in the use of object oriented software design techniques and the practice of quality assurance in accordance with industry standards. |
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| CAPTEC has solid experience in the development of software products for medical applications. The application areas addressed in the AMIE project were the work-flow based distributed modules covering pen-based user interfaces, multi-modality data processing and display, video phone control and database management. Software functionality included the ability to select, display and manipulate the various multimedia items. CAPTEC have also designed the common data formats, acquisition / interface software for the various medical instruments (such as ECG, Blood Pressure, Angiography, Ultrasound, X-ray films, etc.) used to generate and import digital data into the AMIE system. | |
| CAPTEC intends to exploit the result of the AMIE project by developing and marketing a cardiac conferencing software product which can run on standard platforms and interface with current generation medical equipment. Following the successful evaluation of the prototype system at SJH and the presentation of the results of this system during the past year at major medical IT conferences in the UK, it is clear that there is strong unfulfilled requirement for systems of this type. | |
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Contact: Tel: (+353 1) 845.09.21 http://www.captec.ie [email protected] |
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Biomedical Expertise and ExperienceSt. James's Hospital, Dublin is the largest hospital in Ireland. There are 790 beds in the hospital (potential 1200) with a 96% occupancy rate. It is the national centre for AIDS, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Haemophilia, Maxillo-Facial and Burns. St. James's is also a major teaching hospital associated with Trinity College Dublin. There are approximately 2500 staff members working in 70 departments. This figure includes 100 consultants and over 170 doctors. The annual hospital budget is approximately £60-£70 million. |
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The Department of Medical Physics and Bio-Engineering is affiliated to the hospital and has played a key role in its development. It is also affiliated to Trinity College Dublin. The Head of the Department is also a professor of Medical Physics at the University. The Department has a wide range of experience of many aspects of Medical Technology, ranging from involvement in establishing hospital facilities to the development of systems which have been commercially exploited. It has a staff of about 25. It is also deeply involved in the day to day management, user support and maintenance of electro-medical equipment. The Department was a partner for the AIM Exploratory Phase Project MIMI on Workstation Design, and number of ESPRIT projects (including AMIE) and a cooperative teleradiology project. The department has exceptionally good access to equipment and medical staff which facilitates technical studies and clinical assessments. |
| Professor JF Malone is head of the Department of Medical Physics and Bio-Engineering and Professor of Medical Physics and Director of graduate studies at Trinity College Dublin. He has held or holds approximately 17 contracts in various EC / EU Programmes. He is a member of COMAC-BME Management Committee and an evaluator, referee and Discipline Oriented Group (DOG) member of BIOMED - 1. He is an evaluator of the AIM Programme and a project coordinator in the Radiation Protection Programme and project manager of the AIM programme. He has experience in the drafting of national standards and review of CEN / CENLEC / IEC and related materials as a member of the relevant National Committee. Dr. N. F. Sheahan heads the Diagnostic Irnaging service of the Medical Physics & Bioengineenng Department, and has contributed to many of the EC contracts referred to above. She co-ordinates the MSc Physical Science in Medicine program offered by Trinity College Dublin and is currently secretary of the Education, Training and Professional Committee of the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics. | |
| The Department would welcome the opportunity to provide consultancy or arrange for collaborative work. | |
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Contact: Federated Dublin Voluntary Hospitals & St. James's Hospital Department of Medical Physics and Bio-Engineering, Garden Hill House, St. James's Hospital, James's Street Dublin 8 Ireland Tel: (+353 1) 453 7941 Ext 2645 |
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