Solution Medical - Kiloview

The Rise and Challenges of Digital Surgical Demonstration

Driven by the urgent demand for upgraded medical education, digital surgical demonstration is rapidly gaining traction as it aims to transmit essential operation room visuals—such as endoscopic HD feeds, surgical close-up cameras, patient monitoring data, and panoramic environmental signals—to teaching and conference rooms for real-time interaction; however, it faces significant technical challenges including high compression and latency that blur critical details and disconnect real-time operations, as well as high infrastructure costs due to the need for specialized networks and extensive cabling upgrades, highlighting the industry’s need for cost-efficient and high-performance solutions.

NDI Empowers “True-to-Life Surgery”

NDI technology directly addresses these challenges with ultra-low latency, lossless quality, lightweight deployment, and multi-signal synchronization. It delivers an immersive, “true-to-life” surgical teaching experience. Key advantages of NDI in surgical teaching include:

4K 4:2:2 10-bit transmission with HDR support, preserving every frame with clinical precision.

End-to-end sub-second latency, enabling natural, real-time interaction.

Gigabit network compatibility, ensuring scalability, cost-efficiency, and easy replication.

This breakthrough not only resolves existing bottlenecks but also accelerates affordable digital transformation in healthcare institutions.

Building a Closed-Loop Digital Teaching Ecosystem

Kiloview has developed a complete, closed-loop solution based on NDI technology, addressing surgical demonstration needs with lightweight deployment, lossless interaction, and cost-effectiveness.

High-Quality Signal Capture

NDI encoders convert HDMI signals (cameras, lecture capture systems, PC outputs, etc.) from campus studios, recording classrooms, and event venues into NDI streams for the campus LAN.

Scheduling

NDI decoders deliver feeds to meeting or teaching displays, while the CUBE X1 matrix enables cross-room video retrieval and collaboration.

End-to-End Recording

NDI decoders deployed across classrooms, lecture halls, offices, and outdoor LED walls restore NDI streams to HDMI for real-time playback.

Centralized Management

Integrates optional NDI multi-channel recording and multi-view monitoring for recording, supervision, and replay.

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Accelerating Digital Transformation

Kiloview’s NDI-based solution creates tangible value for medical institutions:

The Core AV Challenges in Digital Operating Rooms

Modern digital operating rooms require seamless integration of diverse medical imaging and monitoring systems. Signals from endoscopes, surgical field cameras, patient monitors, and panoramic room cameras must be delivered—quickly and flexibly—to any monitor within the OR. Surgeons need reliable, multi-angle, multi-view displays to support real-time decision-making and collaboration. Today, however, hospitals face significant challenges. High costs associated with proprietary cabling and systems, limited flexibility in signal routing and expansion, closed ecosystems that restrict scalability and integration. The industry urgently needs a high-performance, cost-effective, and open solution that supports flexible, multi-scenario applications.

NDI Technology: The Ideal Answer

NDI (Network Device Interface) technology directly addresses these challenges, providing the foundation for next-generation digital operating rooms. Key advantages include:

Medical-Level Performance

4K 10-bit 4:2:2 ultra-high image quality with end-to-end latency under 10ms, ensuring precise surgical visualization.

IP Network-Based

Runs on standard Ethernet (1G/10G), dramatically reducing network costs and deployment complexity.

Open and Scalable

A single NDI network supports remote teaching, live streaming, academic conferencing, and more.

Simple and Flexible

Encoder/decoder endpoints deploy quickly, making system upgrades straightforward.

NDI not only delivers the ultra-low latency and image fidelity essential for surgical monitoring, but also provides unmatched flexibility and scalability at a fraction of the traditional cost.

Building the Next-Generation Surgical Environment

At the core of Kiloview’s solution is the NDI technology, running over standard hospital Ethernet infrastructure to unify all operation room’s AV signals, building a high-quality, low-latency, and future-proof platform.

Signal Capture

NDI encoders convert HDMI/SDI outputs from surgical equipment into high-quality, low-latency NDI streams.

Signal Transmission

Hospital gigabit/10-gigabit networks carry all NDI streams—replacing costly, complex proprietary cabling.

Decoding & Display

NDI decoders restore streams into crystal-clear images for OR monitors, teaching rooms, conference halls, or large displays.

Recording & Storage

Multi-channel NDI recording system enables synchronized surgical video capture for review, teaching, and archival.

Topology

A Future-Ready Digital Operating Room

Kiloview’s NDI-based solution delivers measurable benefits:

KiloLink Server Pro

Centralized Management

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N60

4K HDMI Bi-Directional Converter

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CUBE R1

NDI Recording System

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