Date: 10/06/2010

Updated version of medical imaging software toolkit from TI for DSP programming

Texas Instruments has made available its version 2.0 medical imaging software toolkit (STK), an updated and expanded collection of imaging algorithms optimized for TI's TMS320C64x+ digital signal processors (DSPs). The updated toolkit offers new image processing kernels that can shorten product development time and enable real-time medical imaging applications such as diagnostic ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT).

The upgraded features in the STK 2.0 enable B-mode ultrasound processing, 3D rendering and real-time processing for OCT. It is used in ophthalmology and is suggested for a large number of OCT applications such as cardiology, oncology, surgery and many other specialties. TI says that the DSP algorithms for OCT enable embedded processing solutions that are programmable, lower power and smaller form factor than current computing implementations.

"We are very satisfied with TI's medical imaging software toolkit," said Erik N. Steen, principal engineer, GE Healthcare. "TI's software toolkit is easy to work with and has helped us develop high performance mobile ultrasound products."

Other key features are:

--Optimized C64x+ software modules allows medical OEMs to get to market faster.
--Expanded real-time image processing source code for medical imaging applications.
--It has well defined APIs simplify development by abstracting modules and enabling easy integration into existing systems.
--Optimal implementation references allow for function customization and provide coding illustrations of computational optimization methods for the C64x+ core.
--Full test benches provide assurance of module functionality while aiding in evaluation and development.
--Custom test vectors are provided along with automatic function cycle profiling using TI's Code Composer Studio (CCStudio).

TI's TMS320C6472 and TMS320C6474 multicore DSPs are suggested for medical imaging applications. TI's OMAP35x and DaVinci processors are highly integrated SoCs designed to reduce development costs and time to market for portable medical imaging equipment. These SoCs feature combinations of a C64x+ DSP core, an ARM core (either Cortex-A8 or ARM926), accelerators for video and/or graphics, and a host of on-chip peripherals.

Availability: The STK 2.0 is available now from TI and is free.

To know more visit: www.ti.com/medical