Image-capturing device.Aztec Medical Products, Inc., announces MediCap USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. 100[TM]. This device easily captures images from endoscopic video cameras, microscopes, and most other analog video devices and then converts them to digital images with a touch of a button. Images are stored on a removable "Flash Drive." The Flash Drive connects to a USB port of any Windows[R]-based computer, providing immediate downloading of images in JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. , DCM, PCX (1) A bitmapped graphics file format that handles monochrome, 2-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit and 24-bit color and uses RLE to achieve compression ratios of approximately 1.1:1 to 1.5:1. Images with large blocks of solid colors compress best under the RLE method. See PC Paintbrush. , or BMP (1) (BitMaP) Also known as a "bump" file, it is the native, bitmapped graphics format in Windows. A BMP can be saved in several color options: 1-, 4-, 8- and 24-bit color provide 2, 16, 256 and 16,000,000 colors respectively. BMP files use the .BMP or . format. Aztec recommends this product for office, clinic, and hospital use, wherever medical video is used. MediCap USB 100 is well suited for embedding diagnostic/surgical still images into patient records for "paperless" offices. Circle 128 on Reader Service Card [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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