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This is running Solaris. https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/solutions/radiation-oncology/radiation-treatment-planning https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcar
by not_the_fda 4y ago
This is running Solaris.
https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/solutions/radiation-oncology/radiation-treatment-planning https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/solutions/radiation-o...
Last I heard they were desperately trying to get it on Linux.
Why it isn't is because its a huge legacy application with some very horrible hacks specific to the OS.
- favorited 4y agoThe last time I got an MRI, the control room had one of those iconic purple SGI O2 workstations on the desk. I guess they were pretty popular with medical imaging products.
- raverbashing 4y agoYes, because SGI could do the "3D stuff" before PCs
- jzb 4y agoIndeed. I remember we got two of those at a TV station I worked at in 1997-1998, used mostly for fancy weather 3D effects. The weather guy was so in love with the system. Meanwhile we were still using 3/4” Beta tapes in the editing bay for reporter packages and network footage…
- iancmceachern 4y agoYeah, Cyberknife ran on them too.
- seized 4y agoLots of MRIs and Cats still run Unix as well, even new ones. If it ain't broke etc etc, plus as a medical device it's a whole separate set of rules, testing, validation.
- azalemeth 4y agoIndeed. Irix on an sgi o2 was the standard recon box until about 2005.