NTT and Olympus cloud endoscopy system

NTT Corporation (NTT) and Olympus Corporation (Olympus) have jointly begun a demonstration experiment of a cloud endoscopy system that enables image processing on the cloud.

NTT’s IOWN APN technology and Olympus’s advanced technology for endoscopes will be used in a demonstration experiment of a cloud endoscopy system that enables real-time image processing of endoscopes on the cloud.

Through this demonstration experiment, the two companies will establish a reference model for the commercialisation of the cloud endoscopy system, overcome the current limitations of processing performance of endoscopic equipment, improve maintainability and provide a flexible and rapid market response to the market.

Based on the knowledge gained from the demonstration experiment, the companies will jointly consider the commercialisation of the cloud endoscopy system. Furthermore, NTT will establish a reference model for a network for medical devices that will solve various technical problems when medical devices are brought to the cloud, while Olympus will contribute to the establishment of an optimal network for the cloud endoscopy system and its reference model.