A REAL-TIME, HIGH-RESOLUTION (1023 LINE/16MHZ) ANALOG VIDEO RECORDER

THE ABSENCE OF REAL-TIME RECORDING SUBSYSTEMS WITH RESOLUTION TO MATCH MEDICAL-IMAGING MODALITIES SEVERLY LIMITS DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES AND UNNECESSARILY EXTENDS PATIENT PROCEDURES, HAZARDS, AND COSTS. RESEARCH STAFF ARE IN PLACE WITH A FULLY EQUIPPED RECORDING LABORATORY. PHASE I WILL INVOLVE APPLIED RESEARCH FOR A 16-MHZ ANALOG MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDER USING FREQUENCY MULTIPLEXING FOR RECORDING IMAGES AT 1,023 LINES, WHILE MAINTAINING EQUAL RESOLUTION ALONG BOTH VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL AXES. THIS RECORDING CAPABILITY IS NOT COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN ANY PRODUCT TODAY. THE PHASE I OBJECTIVES ARE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE, BLOCK DIAGRAMS, CRITICAL MULTIPLEXING COMPONENT TESTING OF DOUBLE-BALANCED MIXERS, FILTERS, AND VIDEO OP AMPS. THIS PROJECT CAPITALIZES ON TRANSPORT COMPONENTS OF PROVEN MERIT CURRENTLY IN HIGH-VOLUME MANUFACTURE; THIS PERMITS DEVELOPMENT TO FOCUS ON MULTIPLEXING TECHNOLOGIES. THE PRIMARY RESULT LIES IN PROOFING SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS OF (1) BANDWIDTH; (2) SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; AND (3) TIME BASE STABILITY. PHASE II OBJECTIVES WILL BE DETERMINED BY THESE RESULTS. THIS PRODUCT WILL ALLOW INTERFACING WITH MAJOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, RECORDING INDUSTRY TECHNICAL COMMITTEES, UNITED STATES AND OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY SOURCES, AND DOMINANT MEDICAL OEMS.