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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY INSTALLS VIDEO WALL WITH JVC 3D HD
MONITORS FOR VISUALIZATION OF MOLECULAR IMAGING DATA
WAYNE,
NJ (June 2, 2011) – JVC
Professional Products Company, a division of JVC Americas Corp., today announced that
Northwestern University is using 25 JVC
GD-463D10U 46-inch 3D LCD HD monitors to create a video wall display for
visualization of detailed scientific data. The 5x5 video wall, which can
provide presentations for up to 35 people, is located in the lobby of the
Silverman Hall for Molecular Therapeutics and Diagnostics, which was built for
the Chemistry of Life Processes Institute and opened last year.
Professor Tom
Meade, director of the Center for Advanced Molecular Imaging (CAMI) research
facility within the institute, said the video wall is an integral part of the
center’s mission to acquire, visualize, and interpret data from magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI), fluorescence and bioluminescence imaging, and other
technologies within a single facility. He said the ability to display such
large amounts of information (a technique known as volume rendering) in high
detail allows scientists to observe and interpret data they would have never
seen otherwise.
According to Matt McCrory, lead visualization engineer, Northwestern
University, a projector-based system was not an option due to space
restrictions, and the original plan to create a high-resolution tile display
did not include 3D. However, after he tested a single 3D display with
his own volume rendering software, he decided 3D would benefit CAMI’s advanced
visualization efforts.
McCrory
researched a variety of manufacturers, but said only JVC delivered the
high-resolution 3D imaging and thin bezels (for a tighter installation) he
required. The JVC
GD-463D10U monitor also features an integrated Xpol polarizing filter, so it
uses inexpensive polarized (passive) glasses to produce flicker-free 3D HD
images. As a result, McCrory did not have to sync all 25 screens or invest in
dozens of pairs of expensive active shutter glasses. “With JVC’s passive
solution, that whole challenge just disappeared,” he said. “It made life a lot
easier.”
The
installation was completed in late March by Roscor Corporation, which is based
in Mount Prospect, Ill. While the panels are angled at the top and bottom of
the display to maximize the 3D field of view, the video wall was not designed
to be an immersive environment. “This is more about allowing a roomful of
people to see the same 3D canvas,” McCrory explained. “The 3D effects work
really well.”
The video
wall displays close to 52 megapixels – more than six times the resolution of
Digital IMAX – and is driven by a system of NVIDIA Quadro Plex graphics cards,
which are powered by a cluster of Linux-based computers and managed through
Equalizer middleware (developed under Open Source). With
some help from Northwestern’s University Academic and Research Technology
Department, McCrory plans to develop a suite of iPad applications that will
allow scientists and other presenters to easily adjust the data displayed on
the JVC monitors.
“The
JVC is a very bright, very vivid display. So far, they’ve been performing
really well,” said McCrory. “It’s hard to even imagine there being a better
monitor right now for this kind of application.”
ABOUT JVC
PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS COMPANY
Headquartered
in Wayne, New Jersey, JVC Professional Products Company, a division of JVC
Americas Corp., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Victor Company of Japan Ltd.
JVC is a leading manufacturer and distributor of broadcast and professional
video and audio equipment. For further product information, visit JVC’s Web
site at http://pro.jvc.com or call
(800)582-5825.
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