HD-ready digital-imaging platform.Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc., announces that its Image 1[R] digital-imaging platform is high-definition--ready and will be fully upgradeable to KARL STORZ HD solutions. In addition, the company indicates that H D product development is progressing rapidly and on schedule. Image 1 is also designed to support a broad range of products, including single-chip and three-chip cameras, distal-chip and video intubation intubation /in·tu·ba·tion/ (in?too-ba´shun) the insertion of a tube into a body canal or hollow organ, as into the trachea. endotracheal intubation systems, and multispectral-imaging products. This enables hospitals to achieve the objective of cross-specialty standardization standardization In industry, the development and application of standards that make it possible to manufacture a large volume of interchangeable parts. Standardization may focus on engineering standards, such as properties of materials, fits and tolerances, and drafting and enables customers to invest now in their H D technology future while reducing the long-term cost of product ownership. "High definition" is characterized char·ac·ter·ize tr.v. character·ized, character·iz·ing, character·iz·es 1. To describe the qualities or peculiarities of: characterized the warden as ruthless. 2. by two primary factors: resolution and aspect ratio. H D image resolution is either 720 or 1,080 lines vertical, rendered by either progressive or interlaced Refers to a display system or image that uses interlacing and does not render contiguous lines one after the other. See interlace and interlaced GIF. scanning. Image acquisition at the sensor is the determining factor for resolution. The higher the acquisition resolution, the better the image. The KARL STORZ HD platform will offer a 16:9 aspect ratio and 1,080 resolution, conforming to the highest HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates standards. Circle 118 on Reader Service Card |
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