- OpenSONIX Technology
An Open Platform
Traditional systems are hardware-based, making them difficult to upgrade and benefit from the latest technology development in Ultrasound. The OpenSONIX Ultrasound platform is a powerful software-based platform that essentially runs the Ultrasonix software, along with add-on plug-ins, and is connected to a reprogrammable 8192 channels beamformer. The beamformer and platform can be reprogrammed with new software for keeping up to date with image and technology advancements.
Leading Innovation
The OpenSONIX Ultrasound platform is at the core of the entire family of systems manufactured by Ultrasonix, including the SonixRP. Ultrasonix is the leading provider of Ultrasound systems for Research worldwide. With the ability to develop imaging Plug-ins, research groups are able to develop and validate new Ultrasound technologies. These technologies, as they get clinical validated, can be provided on all the systems based on the OpenSONIX platform.
Some of the Research Centers include:
- University of British Columbia
- University of Saskatchewan
- University of Western Ontario
- University of Toronto
- Canadian Memorial Chiropratic College
- Queens University
- University of Montreal
- Johns Hopkins University
- University of Texas
- University of Virginia
- University of Wisconsin
- Columbia University
- George Mason University
- Thomas Jefferson University
- Cambridge University (UK)
- Bristol University (UK)
- University of Edinburgh (UK)
- NTNU (Norway)
- CREATIS (France)
- Ruhr University Bochum (Germany)
- Palacky University (Cz Rep)
- Hong Kong University (Hong Kong)
- Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
- Shenzen Institutes of Advanced Technology (China)
- Xi'an Jiaotong University (China)
Always Up To Date
The SONIX systems are truly software-upgradeable. With 12 bits A/Ds, a 100 GOps processing unit and only 25% to 35% processing power used on today's computers it allows for a long period of upgradeability.
Always Connected
Various connectivity Plug-ins can easily be developed to connect the SONIX systems to various mediums, whether it is off-the-shelf USB, DVD, Printer modules or more specialized EMR systems.
Reliability and Outstanding Service
The OpenSONIX platform architecture, by its simplicity, ensures outstanding reliability. Today, Ultrasonix records over 99% uptime on its install base. Every Sonix system can be connected to the internet for instant service, using leading-edge remote connectivity computer technology.
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