syngo.via FrontierYour gateway to the Siemens research environment

The new syngo.via Frontier is your gateway to an open research environment. With syngo.via Frontier you obtain direct access to novel research prototypes¹ that are seamlessly integrated with your routine syngo.via system. This enables you to simply send data for evaluation and to retrieve your result images for inclusion in an ongoing research study. With the Prototype Store you can easily manage your prototypes and trigger new prototype installations. As of market introduction, Siemens provides access to a set of research prototypes in the fields of cardiovascular and Dual Energy CT. In the future, new prototypes will be made available and the range of available prototypes will be enriched by contributions from external partners. With syngo.via Frontier you obtain access to an international online community that lets you share your experiences with fellow researchers.² Ambitious users may even design and implement own prototypes to leverage personal research endeavors.³ The syngo.via Frontier users may represent the ideal community to help you test and validate your new developments.   

The following research prototypes are available but not intended for clinical use:

The main technical features at a glance:

• Direct transfer (copy) of images from the clinical syngo.via server to syngo.via Frontier
• As of market introduction, access to three research prototypes for the fields cardiovascular and Dual Energy CT is offered. The research prototypes are not intended for clinical or diagnostic use and may be available only for a certain time period
• The prototypes are provided via the built-in Prototype Store, which connects to Siemens Remote Services (SRS) secure online connection⁴
• Timely availability of new prototypes as their distribution is independent of the regular syngo.via releases
• Seamless connection to the prototypes with the locally installed syngo.via client through a direct access from syngo.via’s Advanced Search (browser) and its workflow menu
• The dedicated hardware for syngo.via Frontier provides simultaneous access for up to two users
• Executions of complex experimental calculations performed on syngo.via Frontier do not influence the performance of the clinical syngo.via server as the dedicated hardware provides independent resources (CPU, memory, etc.)
• syngo.via-compliant prototype results may be sent back to the clinical client-server system for easy sharing with colleagues and visualization in syngo.via’s standard tools. Other prototype results can be stored on the local file system
• Labeling of data and images generated by a prototype (“Not for clinical use”) to clearly identify such images if sent back to the clinical syngo.via server. This allows for a definite differentiation of research results from clinical results on syngo.via
• Easy management of your syngo.via Research Extension with the Prototype Store (e.g. installation and deletion of prototypes)
• Creation and implementation of new prototypes with MeVisLab’s Application Development Kit (ADK) for syngo.via Frontier⁵
  -- MeVisLab’s visual development environment is extended with components for integration with syngo.via Frontier, a basic application framework, basic syngo.via-like user interface (UI) elements⁶, and development documentation
  -- Algorithms may be integrated as command line applications or implemented as C++ modules⁷
  -- Optional high performance GPU-based parallel computing possible⁸