Traditional endoscopic images are upgraded to glasses-free 3D display.Surgeons do not need 3D galsses or headsets;anatomical structures in the surgical field or human body are directly presented in stereoscopic 3D.This is the glasses-free 3D endoscope.It delivers superior imaging while reducing fatigue and discomfort for clinicians,making it highly desirable for clinical procedures.Nevertheless,hardware challenges remain for glasses-free 3D endoscopes to render realistic,high-quality 3D images.
1. Higher Requirements & Greater Challenges
Compared with conventional endoscopes,glasses-free 3D endoscopes deliver more realistic and stereoscopic medical images.Therefore,the device must be capable of outputting high-resolution,high-frame-rate 3D images.In addition,endoscopes are generally compact and lightweight.This calls for AI hardware with high-performance main control capability within a small form factor to preserve image processing quality and speed.Stable long-duration in limited space is also required,making thermal managemnt a critical consideration.
2. Partnership to Overcome Technical Barriers
To address the above challenges, a well-known domestic medical device manufacturer adopted ZRT’s industrial AI motherboard for its self-developed glasses-free 3D endoscope:EMA-7103 + MXM discrete GPU：MM3060B6-12G AI hardware suite. Compact yet high-performance, this hardware suite perfectly fits the confined installation space of endoscopes, effectively resolving issues including poor medical image quality, latency, stuttering and instability.
3. Innovative Manufacturing, Full-Strength Performance
EMA-7103 is a standard 7-inch (170*170mm) motherboard powered by Intel Tiger Lake-H low-power processors. It features dual-channel DDR4 memory design with up to 64GB memory capacity. The board supports discrete graphics output via LVDS+DP/HDMI and integrated graphics output through eDP. It also comes with an MXM interface to allow flexible replacement of MXM graphics cards.
MM3060B6-12G graphics card adopts the NVIDIA GeForce RTX3060 GPU. Measuring only 105×82 mm, it is equipped with 12GB 192-bit GDDR6 memory, featuring 3584 CUDA cores, 120 Tensor Cores and 30 RT Cores. Its single-precision floating-point performance reaches up to 13863 GFLOPS.
The AI hardware suite combining the EMA-7103 motherboard and MM3060B6-12G GPU delivers high aggregated computing power, enabling outstanding energy efficiency for glasses-free 3D endoscopes. It can process image data rapidly to meet clinicians’ demands for image processing and computation during surgical procedures and reduce stuttering and latency. It also supports high-quality graphics display, real-time ray tracing and AI image rendering, outputting sharper, stereoscopic 3D medical images and improving accuracy and efficiency in clinical diagnosis and treatment. Compact in size, this hardware suite adopts an integrated slim thermal solution custom-developed by ZRT. It effectively mitigates thermal issues caused by confined space and long-hour operation, ensuring stable device performance over extended periods.
Powered by ZRT’s AI hardware, this glasses-free 3D endoscope delivers improved surgical efficiency and safety. It also greatly enhances surgeons’ operational experience, allowing them to focus more on the procedure and bring a better medical experience to patients.
