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Medical
Diagnostic Imaging
FPGAs for Ultrasound, MRI, CT, PET and SPECT image processing and reconstruction.
Real-Time Processing for Ultrasound, MRI, CT, PET, and SPECT Imaging
FPGAs are at the core of enabling imaging systems, providing the high-speed, real-time processing needed for advanced modalities like Ultrasound, MRI, CT, PET, and SPECT scans, including sophisticated noise reduction and edge detection techniques.
They are critical for high-speed signal processing, chip-to-chip data transfer, and image reconstruction, delivering the highest quality images to enable proper patient diagnosis and treatment across diagnostic imaging modalities.
The Challenges, and Why FPGA
The Challenge
Real-Time Image Reconstruction
CT, MRI, PET, SPECT, and ultrasound systems must reconstruct massive data streams into images with minimal latency.
Why FPGA
Parallel Reconstruction Acceleration
FPGAs accelerate beamforming, FFTs, filtering, and reconstruction pipelines for fast, deterministic imaging.
The Challenge
High-Speed Data Acquisition
Modern scanners generate huge sensor data volumes that must move reliably between detectors and processors.
Why FPGA
Deterministic Data Movement
FPGAs integrate high-speed I/O, memory, and switching to aggregate, process, and transport data in real time.
The Challenge
AI Without Incremental Power/Cost
OEMs need AI-enhanced imaging and analysis while staying within system power, thermal, and cost limits.
Why FPGA
Efficient Edge AI Processing
FPGAs run AI inference near the sensor, delivering low-latency performance with efficient power consumption.
The Challenge
Long Lifecycle Requirements
Medical platforms often remain deployed for 10+ years, creating obsolescence and redesign concerns.
Why FPGA
Upgradeable Hardware Platform
Reprogrammable FPGAs support field updates, feature additions, and design reuse across product generations.
Why Altera
Comprehensive Silicon + IP + Tools
FPGA fabric, DSP, transceivers, and DSP Builder in a single ecosystem.
Deterministic Sensor-to-Insight Path
Optimized for acquisition, preprocessing, and image reconstruction workflows.
Scalable Edge AI Platform
FPGA AI Suite enables AI-enhanced imaging and diagnostics at the point of care.
Trusted Long-Term Platform
Field reconfigurability and design reuse reduce risk across imaging modalities.
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More Medical Applications
Discover how Altera FPGA solutions enable real-time imaging, intelligent diagnostics, and efficient processing across advanced medical and healthcare applications.
Medical Video and Vision
Enable high-resolution medical video processing, real-time image enhancement, and intelligent visualization for applications such as endoscopy, surgical imaging, and advanced medical cameras.
Clinical Systems
Support intelligent clinical equipment with reliable data processing, adaptable connectivity, and efficient performance for patient monitoring, respiratory systems, and medical devices.
Genomics and Laboratory
Accelerate genomic data processing, laboratory automation, and high-throughput analysis with flexible FPGA architectures designed for demanding computational workloads.
Common Questions
Altera FPGAs provide parallel signal processing, high-speed data movement and image reconstruction resources for diagnostic imaging. These capabilities support acquisition and preprocessing pipelines, including filtering and image-processing functions, while allowing the hardware architecture to be tailored to a selected imaging modality.
DSP Builder Pro supports model-based DSP development for imaging algorithms such as beamforming, filtering and reconstruction. It provides an implementation path for signal-processing functions, complementing FPGA logic and interfaces in ultrasound, MRI, CT, PET and SPECT development workflows. Explore DSP Builder for medical signal processing
Reprogrammable FPGAs support field updates, feature additions and design reuse as imaging requirements change. This flexibility helps engineers evolve acquisition and processing pipelines across product generations, rather than treating every new algorithm or interface requirement as a new fixed-hardware design.