Harris is applying imaging technology originally developed for national security to provide breakthrough imaging solutions in healthcare. Our proven ability to enable secure access, dissemination, and management of massive volumes of imagery data is pushing the limits for medical imaging.

The magnitude of data and imagery required by today's medical professionals to deliver increasingly complex yet reliable and cost-effective healthcare is staggering. In no other industry is the necessity for accurate and timely display of extremely large (multi-GB) visual files more critical than for healthcare. Fortunately, the millions of dollars invested by Harris Corporation in federal- and company-funded research to develop capabilities for digitally networking, visualizing, and managing large imagery data sets is benefiting the stringent requirements of the healthcare community.

For example, Harris has developed advanced tools and technologies for automatic registration and fusion of 2D, 3D, and 4D data sets. Computer algorithms have also been developed for the automatic extraction of information from such data sets (e.g., outlining of image features) in order to reduce manual/touch labor and improve responsiveness. Advanced collaboration tools allow for both real-time and non-real-time collaboration of clinicians reviewing imagery and data via chat messaging, voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP), imagery annotations, and image notes tied to specific features in the imagery. Harris has also invented solutions to efficiently manage, share, and annotate extremely large (multi-GB) image files, such as for digital pathology. This provides the capability to rapidly pan and zoom an electronic pathology slide image as if you were using a microscope—without having to be physically located where the slide is—enabling rapid diagnostic support by experts in remote geographic locations. For more information about digitizing pathology, click here.

The critical environment within healthcare, including the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the operating room, requires multiple monitors, applications, sensors, and systems—these include medical images from numerous sources, including PACS, video monitoring, vitals, and medical record archives. Harris offers our award-winning Centrio™ multiviewer technology to provide an integrated, centralized view of the multiple, disparate video and data feeds found in the critical healthcare environment. For more information, click here.

For more information, please contact:

Jim Traficant
Vice President, Harris Healthcare Solutions
Email: healthcare-it@harris.com
Phone: 703.610.4308