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Medical Virtual Reality technology nominated twice in the 2012  Accenture Innovation Awards

PS-Tech has been recognized as a finalist in the 2012 Accenture Innovation awards for its C-Station in 2 different categories

Amsterdam, the Netherlands (September 17, 2012) – PS-Tech, a technology provider advanced to the finals in the 2012 Accenture Innovation awards for its C-Station ™. In the category “Best New Technology” PS-Tech has been nominated with a top 10 position.  In the category “Health and Public services” PS-Tech competes for the Blue Tulip, the Dutch symbol for innovation with a top 25 nomination.

The C-Station is a desktop Virtual Reality system, a 3D viewing station, tailored to the Medical Professional for the analysis of complex 3D en 4D data such as MRI, CT and Ultrasound in a way not previously possible in a traditional computing environment. “It is an honor to be nominated in this prestigious event”, said Marc Lausberg, director of PS-Tech. “It is an acknowledgement that new tools, such as our C-Station, are recognized as solutions to analyze medical data in a more effective and cost effective way”.

About the Accenture Innovation Awards

To stimulate innovation in the Netherlands Accenture organizes the annual Accenture Innovation Awards. This year, the Innovation Awards will already celebrate its sixth edition. The top ten best concepts in identified categories will pitch their concepts in a second jury meeting on September 27th.

The main event of the Accenture Innovation Awards will take place on November 8th, at the Convention Factory, Amsterdam. In accordance with the tradition, there will be distinguished speakers to elaborate on innovation related topics.

About PS-Tech

PS-Tech is a technology provider that specializes in Professional 3D visualization and Optical Tracking & Measurement systems for medical and industrial applications. The company’s mission is to change the behavior how professionals interact with complex 3D and 4D data in a more effective and efficient manner.  PS-Techs technology is used in growing industries such as medical, industrial design, automotive and oil and gas.

Headquartered in the center of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, PS-Tech is a privately held company. PS-Tech has been recognized as one of the most innovative companies in The Netherlands and abroad.

For more information, visit the PS-Tech websites at www.ps-tech.com or www.ps-medtech.com.

PS-Tech is pleased with a second nomination in the 2012 Accenture Innovation Awards. Besides  the earlier announced top 25 nomination to compete for the Blue Tulip, PS-Tech has also been nominated in the “Best New Technology” category with a top 10 nomination.

Earlier: Accenture Innovation Awards

We are pleased to announce that PS-Tech has been selected as one of the top 25 companies to compete for the Blue Tulip, the Dutch symbol for innovation, in the 2012 Accenture Innovation Awards.

250 companies enrolled as participants in the Accenture Innovation Awards under the category ‘Health & Public Service’ this year. Together with  24 other entries, PS-Tech’s C-Station was chosen to compete for the ultimate prize – the Blue Tulip.

Please stay tuned for more information on the results.

In this article, Cardiologist Eduard Holman described how it feels to work with the new three-dimensional imaging technique. The department of Cardiology has been using PS-Tech’s Medical PSS since October 2011. The result? “- unique images, which provide more clarity than ever!”

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Hart in Drie Dimensies

The exhibition depicts the quest of man seeking knowledge of his body, by means of books, prints, preparation and models from the medical collections of the UvA. Some of the collections dated  back to the late middle ages. These collections, attracts researchers from all over the world and was shown at the Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam.

Personal Space Technologies,  demonstrated the next-generation way of examining human body, through a autostereoscopic 3D screen (3D without glasses) visitors can visually “hold” a pumping heart in your hand, and slice it open as in real anatomy experience. The contents are extracted  from MRI scan of a human brain, ultrasound images of a patient with heart disease, and CT scan of a baby in the womb, then reconstructed into 3D or 4D(3D+time).

Our technology was shown at the Uva ErfgoedLab, the heritage Lab of the UvA which situated between the Allard Pierson Museum and the Special Collections.

The museum of Rouen Maori The museum of Rouen displayed a tattooed Maori head since 1875. Before the reopening of the museum in 2010, after it was closed for more than 10 years, officials of the museum who took stock during the closing period, decided that the head should return for a decent funeral.

Politics The French government tried not to make a precedent of this return. The solution was created by not seeing the head as art but as a body part. From then on reparations for the returning could start.

Buried but not gone Returning the head means that no one will ever see it again. To still let the people know about the tradition of the Maori and their tattoos, the head was scanned and Museum Solutions was asked to make it possible to show the virtual head, using our Digital Heritage Presenter.

Satisfying all parties After uploading the data, visitors are still able to explore the beauty of the ancient Maori whilst at the same time the Maori traditions were respected. The official return was celebrated in the French Senate, attended by the chairman of the French parliament, the ambassador of New Zealand and representatives of the Maori.

Museum Solutions was asked to brighten this event with the 3D presentation of the Maori.

The future Whether art is stored in depot or in a different place, it is still possible to show it everywhere around the world. Without costly transport costs and the risk of damage!

The Digital Heritage presenter is the solutions to show an entire collection and let people interact with it in a way they have never seen before.

museumgoudA is preserving and presenting the cultural heritage and the Gouda city history since 1874.

The project

The museumgoudA started in 2008 a project to digitize their collection. They had two mean reasons to do so; first for preservation of the collection, which is vulnerable and/or too valuable to show permanently. Secondly to reveal their entire collection to their visitors and give them a unique experience by giving the precious artifacts into the visitors hands.

Steps to follow

Together with the museum, Museum Solutions wrote a plan for the funding of this entire project. After approval the actual work commenced.

The future

In general a new way of attracting audience has to be sought by museums around the world. Digitizing the collection opens new ways in doing so. Why use the collected information for preservation only? The Digital Heritage Presenter makes it

possible to enhance visitors experience in an intuitive way.

Bring the collection to your audience, save costs with the mobile version and tell the story you want, without the risk of damaging the precious artifacts.