bmdo technologies for biomedical applications - MDA Technology

SECTION BSTORAGE AND TRANSMISSIONWhile remarkably compact in conveying meaning to ourbrains, visual information takes up a lot of space in electronicform. And as many have discovered to their foot-tappingchagrin, it also takes an awfully long time to download. Warwearymilitary planners and HMO-frazzled doctors alike mustbe able to store and quickly recall information if it is to be ofvalue. A wider data-transfer conduit can be achieved in anumber of ways; fiber-optic technologies have already greatlyimproved and continue to increase the carrying capacity ofthe information pipeline. In addition, new optical media canbe manipulated to store data more compactly.1. A university-based network testbed that will employadvanced optical switching and multiplexer technologies toenable distributed image processing and shared access attransfer rates greater than 1 gigabit per second.