Northern Digital

Northern Digital

Northern Digital Incorporated is a Canadian medical measurement company founded by Jerry Krist. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company started in 1981 [1] at the University of Waterloo. NDI has made significant advances in medical moment tracking technology. They have offices in Hong Kong and Germany.

Medical sector

NDI's primary products are optical measurement systems used in surgery and other medical procedures.[1] The company's Wave Speech Research system is able to track minute movements in a child's mouth with the goal of developing better speech therapy protocols, particularly for children whose pathology involves spasticity, such as in cerebral palsy patients.[2]

Industrial sector

NDI has many tracking products designed for industries.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Walcoff, Matt (2008-01-05). "Northern Digital sold". TheRecord.com. Metroland Media Group, Ltd.. http://news.therecord.com/Business/article/291165. Retrieved 2009-10-25. 
  2. ^ "Speech Machine May Help Kids With Cerebral Palsy". The University of Texas at Dallas News Center. The University of Texas at Dallas. 2009-08-31. http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/08/31-001.php. Retrieved 2009-10-25. 

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Northern & Shell — Network Ltd Type Publishing and Television Founded December 1974 Founder(s) Richard Desmond Headquarters City of London, UK Owner(s) …   Wikipedia

  • Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom — encompasses over 100 television, radio and interactive services broadcast via the UK s terrestrial television network and receivable with a standard television aerial. The majority of services, including those from the existing five analogue… …   Wikipedia

  • Digital terrestrial television in Australia — commenced on 1 January 2001, in the country s five most populous cities, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth using DVB T standards. A transition plan to replace Analogue PAL transmissions began in 2010 and is scheduled for completion… …   Wikipedia

  • Digital One — Network Licensed area Great Britain Frequency 11D (222.064 MHz) England and Wales 12A (223.936 MHz) Scotland Air date 15 November 1999 Owner Arqiva Website http://www.digitalone.co.uk …   Wikipedia

  • Digital UK — Formation 13 April 2005 Type Private company Purpose/focus Digital switchover taskforce …   Wikipedia

  • Digital Economy Act 2010 — Parliament of the United Kingdom Long title Click show     & …   Wikipedia

  • Northern Oklahoma College — Motto A Tradition of Excellence Established 1901 Type Public President Dr. Roger Stacy Location Tonkawa …   Wikipedia

  • Digital TV Group — Type UK Industry Association Industry Media Founded 1995 Headquarters London, United Kingdom Key people David Docherty (Chairman) Richard Lindsay Davies (Director General) Simon …   Wikipedia

  • Digital television in Canada — (more specifically, digital terrestrial television in Canada or digital over the air television (OTA) in Canada) is transmitted using the ATSC standards developed for and in use in the United States. Because Canada and the U.S. use the same… …   Wikipedia

  • Digital Radio Mondiale — (abbreviated DRM; mondiale being Italian and French for worldwide ) is a set of digital audio broadcasting technologies designed to work over the bands currently used for AM broadcasting, particularly shortwave. DRM can fit more channels than AM …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”