SUSE Linux Enterprise Selected by Siemens Medical Solutions for Advanced MRI Technology

SUSE Linux Enterprise Selected by Siemens Medical Solutions for Advanced MRI Technology

Novell and Concurrent today announced that Siemens Medical Solutions, the world leader in MRI technology and applications development, has selected SUSE® Linux Enterprise Real Time operating system and NightStar™ application development tools to improve processing performance of their ultra-high-field MAGNETOM magnetic resolution imaging (MRI) products.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time is built on top of the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 platform from Novell®, and it has been extended with real-time computing capabilities from Concurrent. As a result, customers have an integrated solution with guaranteed performance in time-critical environments. Concurrent and Novell jointly sell and support the product.

“Higher resolution, ultra-high-field MRI technology is the future of healthcare, enabling safer and clearer pictures of life functions that empower medical professionals to make better-informed decisions on patient care,” said Jürgen Gut of Siemens Medical Solutions in Germany. “SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time and Concurrent’s NightStar tools enable Siemens to dramatically expand the processing capabilities of our measurement operating systems, without a costly overhaul of the technology.”

Siemens selected SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time because its processor shielding and real-time features are the only way to ensure proper deterministic real-time behavior on Linux* while not having to use a separate real-time API. In addition, Concurrent’s NightStar toolset facilitates diagnosing and tuning of the complex software in Siemens’ existing SUSE Linux Enterprise environment.

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