Noriko Ogawa, Holland Innovation Network Tokyo (Innovatie Attaché Netwerk Tokio)
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Japan Technology “8K Super High Vision” imaging, opportunities for medical application
Super high vision broad casting services have started for certain areas by NHK, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation since June 2016 for Rio Olympic/Paralympic games, Sumo and concert programs. Compared to the currently available technology, the resolution of 4K is four times, and the super high vision “8K” is 16 times as many pixels as the current standard high-definition display, 2K. In December 2016, A-PAB, (The association for promotion advanced broad casting service) will also start the test broadcasting of 8K for development of the receiving system. The test will use NHK’s receiving equipments. There are various initiatives for 8K technologies in Japan now. Major electronics companies such as Sharp, Panasonic and Sony are developing the 8K monitors. The challenges for implementing 8K are to facilitate the receiving environment and costs. Related industries and associations are progressing rapidly to clear the issues. Besides the broadcasting, the 8K technology of the camera and the monitor extends the possibility of the application to architecture, education, advertisement, security, and medical fields.
8K of NHK: http://www.nhk.or.jp/8k/index_e.html#
Sharp 8K: http://www.sharp.co.jp/aquos/8ktechnology/#8k_technology
A-PAB 4K-8K technology in Japanese: https://www.apab.or.jp/4k-8k/appeal/
The medical application of the 8K technology might be adopted earlier than the 8K broadcasting, due to needs, speed and environment of development, and the supports of the government. The ministry of internal affairs and communication (MIC) and the Japanese cabinet secretariat health and medical strategy office, started a plan to promote this next generation 8K Japan technology and held the investigation committee to implement it for the application of medical use. The two areas of high medical needs from the surgeons/physicians are the development of 8K endoscope and the use of high definition digital image data for diagnosis.
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on 2K to 8K in Japanese: http://www.soumu.go.jp/menu_seisaku/ictseisaku/housou_suishin/4k8k_suishin.html
Both innovative projects are funded by the government; AMED (Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development) supports the 8K endoscope. Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. launched 4K endoscope system “VISERA 4K UHD” already in 2015 and sold in Japan and EU. https://www.olympus-europa.com/s/4k/en/#Intro
Professor Toshio Chiba, MD, PhD, University Research Center, Nihon University, developed this 8K endoscope and established the Medical Imaging Consortium in 2012 in order to produce innovative products with cooperation of medical, engineering, industry, association and network of overseas. He started a company “Kairos” to launch the 8K endoscope in 2017. The weight of the 8K endoscope is only 450g now, and it is possible for a surgeon to hold it one hand instead of having two assistants. The 8K endoscope will make the more secure operation possible. It is expected to cut in half of risk of an incidence for a damaging the organ and will remove the cancer completely by the clear and the distinct image during the operation. It will be applied to intricate procedures including anastomoses of thin nerves and blood vessels as well as more confident surgical resections of a diversity of cancer tissues.
“8K UHD, our first clinical success”, PubMed, Aug.2016, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27652021
8K endoscope: http://kairos-8k.co.jp/
Medical Japan on line in Japanese: http://www.medtecjapan.com/en/node/1525
MIC funds the realization of remote medicine using 8K image data. Super high vision will contribute to an accurate diagnosis of pathology with speed. About 70% of misdiagnosed case occurred due to the coarse image data. Specialists in remote locations will benefit from the 8K advancement, for example, pathologists can focus on analysis and dermatologists can notice changes of color for skin diseases. The high vision will shorten the time of conventional shooting of taking many images. Scanning the 3D objects like eye balls will also be possible. The microscope for cell observations using the 8K technology will realize advanced medical treatment by Bioimaging. It will lead to major changes in the future of medical practice for life science, pathology, remote medicine, education and conferences. The possibilities of 8K image data analysis using AI and use of the image data are also under investigation.
