Moritex reports that its PalmScope video capture device has been adopted by a German medical engineering company to provide integrated dental inspection, image capture/review and data archiving
Until now, to archive pictures from an intraoral camera and view them by the patients chair has required a dedicated PC in the dental treatment room.
PalmScope is a unique portable product that is able to capture both still images and video clips onto a removable CompactFlash card.
The PalmScope allows dentists to preview a patient image that is output to an external LCD monitor using an HDMI (DVI) video interface.
This new option, available for PalmScope OEM users, gives the optimum (digital) video output quality and also allows the user to decide what LCD size they want to use.
Using adapted electronics has made it possible for dentists to store and playback reference or patient specific images and video clips by means of a three-button foot switch.
Storage capacity is limited only by the size of the CompactFlash card used, a 2GB card will hold many thousands of images or approximately 80 minutes of video.
Video clips are captured at full NTSC or Pal resolution, at 30 or 25 frames per second (fps) respectively, and stored in Motion-Jpeg (MJpeg) compressed format.
PalmScope has been designed for ease-of-use and convenience.
Captured images and video clips are automatically named with the date and a sequence label.
The PalmScope includes a convenient thumbnail gallery feature with cataloguing functions to help in archiving and retrieving audio / visual data files.
PalmScope includes a range of cataloguing functions help in archiving and retrieving them, including the ability to rename, delete and move or copy data files between folders.
An individual image may be selected for full size viewing.
Alternatively images can be easily transferred to a PC where they can be displayed or processed by any suitable image editing software.
PalmScope is simple to operate, using intuitive onscreen displays, and the keypad can be operated even when wearing gloves or protective clothing.
For convenience the PalmScope can be switched for either left- or right-handed use and offers a choice of language for all on-screen display operations in English, Spanish, French, German and Italian.
