Digital real-time storage of image sequences has been increasingly in demand for medical imaging applications. This paper describes the incorporation of such a real-time digital video storage subsystem into an image processor architecture. The system can store up to 2250 frames of 512 x 512 x 8 bits resolution. The acquired or processed real-time images can be displayed at slow, normal, or fast motion speeds. Alternatively, each frame can be randomly accessed. The disk controller contains an on-board microprocessor to off-load controlling and sequencing tasks from the system. Examined here are general system architecture, disk storage and controller design, and the role of real-time image sequence storage and retrieval in medical imaging and other applications.

Date Published: 15 June 1984
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 0454, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XII, (15 June 1984); doi: 10.1117/12.939338

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 0454:
Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XII
Samuel J. Dwyer III; Roger H. Schneider, Editor(s)