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Next Generation pciBIRD 3
Tracker for Ultrasound Applications
Burlington, Vermont
USA: August 8, 2003: Ascension
Technology Corporation has
just released pciBIRD 3, an
enhanced version of its pciBIRD
position and motion tracker
used in high resolution image-guided
and ultrasound-based applications.
The new pciBIRD 3 can synchronize
the data collection of up
to four sensors on two cards.
Sensors attached to surgical
tools can be hot-swapped when
a tool change is required
with no loss of system accuracy
and no need to re-boot. pciBIRD
3 supports a compact transmitter,
ideal for attachment to an
articulating arm in a concentrated
surgical space.
Also new to the pciBIRD is
an improved interference detection
capability that assigns a
data quality byte representing
the presence or absence of
interference. An onscreen
gradient bar that turns color
to alert users to the presence
of metal or electronic interference.
This enhancement to the tracker’s
environmental error handling
capabilities provides users
with immediate and accurate
detection of interference
in the tracking environment.
Manufactured to ISO 9001
standards and Class B radiated
EMI standards, pciBIRD 3 is
accurate to within one millimeter.
. The tracker presents no
line-of-sight restrictions
and is immune to interference
from 300 series stainless
steel, making it highly adaptable
to nearly all clinical and
laboratory environments.
pciBIRD 3 is available in
several configurations, including
one with four 25 mm sensors
for the external tracking
of body parts in biomechanical
applications. Among other
configurations is one supporting
up to four 8mm sensors for
the close tracking of instruments,
catheters and scopes.
pciBIRD 3 is currently used
extensively in 3D ultrasound
and biopsy needle tracking.
Applications frequently assign
the third or fourth sensor
to an extra tool or allocate
it as a gating sensor providing
the clinician with accurate
respiratory movement measurement.
Ascension Technology Corporation,
based in Burlington, Vermont,
develops motion tracking solutions
for 3D computer-graphics applications
in medical imaging, biomechanics,
animation, military targeting
systems and simulation. For
more information, visit www.ascension-tech.com.
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Jack Scully (802)
893-6657 or e-mail: jscully@ascension-tech.com
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