Case Study: Award-Winning Javierian Simulation Centre - Powered by AREC & Integracion AV

Dear ADENA Partners, this month we have an exciting case study from the Pontifical Javieriana University in Colombia. Our partner, Integracion AV, renovated the simulation centre for medical education at the university in a project which won the Cala Awards 2024. By equipping the entire floor with AREC, Shure, Crestron, Liberty, Netgear, and other devices, the case demonstrates how simple it is to create sophisticated yet intuitive solutions for the real-time study and simulation of medical procedures using our products.

The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Pontifical Javieriana University) is a prestigious private university based in Bogotá, Colombia. It is one of the oldest and most renowned universities in the country, consisting of 18 schools with 61 departments and offering 242 academic programmes across a variety of disciplines. Among its alumni are a former President of Colombia, government ministers from across Latin America, producers, Olympic champions, scientists, and many more.

One of the university’s strongest schools is the Faculty of Medicine. It is a leading medical school based on the main campus, with most practical training taking place at the Hospital Universitario San Ignacio. The school is renowned for its clinical simulation centre, one of the first of its kind in Colombia. Originally founded in 2007, the centre was first equipped with traditional simulation laboratories. However, this changed recently when the school decided to renovate the centre with modern educational tools to meet current global training needs. Thanks to the efforts of our partner, Integracion AV, they secured the best solution available. 

The clinical simulation centre occupies an entire floor and is divided into six sections: multiple doctors’ offices and training rooms, critical care units, a monitoring and control room, patient observation rooms and surgery rooms. The university wanted to provide a way to conduct operations in every room simultaneously, record them for later study, while ensuring it is simple to monitor the processes and have two-way live communication between senior doctors and students.

Each doctor’s office was equipped with the same solution with the AREC LS-410 at its core — a 4-channel Media Station with 4K, Dante, NDI|HX support, and many other features. All stations were installed in a server room and connected to the same network using Netgear GSM4248 PX-100NAS switches. The LS-410 effectively combined images from each video source installed in the offices, starting with the RADA A-TC02 OnyxCam AI Tracking camera and an AREC CI-22H PTZ camera via NDI and ONVIF protocols. While the OnyxCams were installed to track doctors in these rooms, the CI-22H cameras were used to show specific presets, such as the examination table with a practice mannequin, a patient's chair, and other areas of the rooms. Computers in each room were connected to the LS-410 stations using Liberty IPEX 5001 encoders and 5002 decoders, safely delivering their audio and video via the network. Conversation audio was captured Shure MXA-710 ceiling microphones and sent to the LS-410 via Dante, while a Crestron DSP-1281 with Fohhn MA-4.100 were used to output audio commentary coming from the supervising instructors, along with computer audio, through Audac CENA speakers. The combined audio and video, as well as each individual video source, was recorded by the LS-410 and immediately available for review by the university, greatly simplifying the media production process.

LS-410 Media Station

A-TC02 OnyxCam AI Tracking

CI-22H PTZ Camera

Other training rooms, critical care units, surgery rooms, and patient observation rooms followed the same basic solution concept but added additional features. For instance, each training room included an extra Liberty decoder, capable of displaying computers, vital signs monitors, and other sources on local LG displays. Each critical care unit used four cameras and two Media Stations, with one of the stations displayed on a local screen. In patient observation rooms, even more cameras, media stations, and other equipment — including a DS-X01 Media Decoder — were used to accommodate the needs of multiple concurrent simulations.

DS-X01 Media Decoder

DS-X09 Media Decoder

In addition to cameras and media stations, surgery rooms featured DS-X09 Media Decoders. These devices displayed multiple network cameras and IP sources in customisable layouts, helping doctors evaluate operations from different angles. Crestron control panels were also installed, allowing them to easily manage all AREC and other devices in the room from a single touch panel.

Lastly, the monitoring and control room, staffed by instructors and senior doctors, was equipped primarily with numerous DS-X09 Media Decoders. Using AREC Multi-view Maker software on computers in this room, doctors could dynamically change which network sources they viewed. Wearing Avantree Quartet headsets and using Shure tabletop microphones, doctors relayed instructions to students and ensured they were followed immediately by observing the process through camera and Media Station livestreams displayed on the DS-X09. 

The masterful execution of this large AV-over-IP installation earned our partner Integracion AV international recognition at the Cala Awards 2024, winning the competition for Best AV Project of the Year. You can watch the project description video made by the Integracion AV team here and a general overview here.

We extend our gratitude to the Integracion AV team and Juan Carlos Gutierrez for the continued trust in and choice of AREC to meet their customers’ AV needs.

Is your local medical university or hospital looking to renovate or build a simulation centre? Contact us at www.a-dena.com to discuss how AREC solutions can create a truly immersive and impressive experience for your customers.

Case Study: Prestigious Military School Celebrates 100 Years Anniversary with AREC

Dear ADENA Partners, we are excited to present a livestream showcasing a conference commemorating the centenary of Senegal's most prestigious military school. Our valued partner, LCS Technodidac, used the AREC Media Capture System to stream this event on YouTube, sharing this momentous anniversary with a broader audience.

The Military Prytanée of St. Louis is a secondary school under the Ministry of the Armed Forces of Senegal. It is defined by its very tough selection competition, with only 50 students out of 3000 yearly applicants successfully enrolling. Over its century-long history, this institution has produced numerous influential African political figures and military leaders. Notably, it counts among its alumni at least five presidents and several former and current government officials, including Serigne Mbaye Thiam, the Minister of Water and Sanitation of Senegal. At a recent conference organised by the Association of Former Troop Children (known as AET), esteemed speakers like Minister Thiam and history professor Ibrahim Thioub shared their insights. The conference took place at the Museum of Black Civilisations in Dakar, and so to ensure widespread access, it was necessary to livestream it. Supporting the conference with prime technology solutions, LCS Technodidac supplied AREC Media Capture System, bringing the event to YouTube.

KL-3T Media Sation

A-TC02 OnyxCam

The core component of this system was the AREC KL-3T Media Station, a 3-channel model. It seamlessly blended video streams from two RADA A-TC02 OnyxCam network cameras with a presentation from a computer, presenting them in various video layouts. These layouts included overlays such as the AET logo and the conference’s topic, providing a comprehensive visual experience. The KL-3T stood out for its interactive built-in display with GUI control, offering intuitive buttons for operators to easily switch between displaying speakers, presentations, combined speaker-and-presentation views, and other layout variations. What made the KL-3T ideal for this production was its comprehensive functionality. Its display mirrored the video as it appeared on YouTube, allowing operators to monitor all aspects of the production, including the network cameras, from a single location. Operators could even control the PTZ movement of the OnyxCams directly from this interface, ensuring a seamless focus on relevant speakers throughout the event.

The conference garnered significant success and received coverage in numerous news publications, both in Senegal and internationally. Are you seeking solutions to broaden your audience reach? Explore how AREC devices can be of use to you by contacting us at www.a-dena.com.

Case study: Advanced healthcare training with AREC at SIMNOVA, Italy

Dear ADENA Partners, this time we have a case study from SIMNOVA, a centre for healthcare studies at the University of Eastern Piedmont in Italy. Completed by our distributor Prase Engineering, and integrators Tagliabue Sistemi and Tecnovox, the university’s setup ensures continuous 24/7 streaming from the operational rooms and automatic backup to Google Drive. Read how it was done below.

The Interdepartmental Centre for Innovative Teaching and Simulation in Medicine and Health Professions, known as SIMNOVA, was established several years ago at the University of Eastern Piedmont. Its mission is to conduct research in the healthcare sector, provide advanced training and related programs aimed at improving the quality of care, enhancing patient safety and minimisation of their health risks. To achieve these goals, SIMNOVA offers a wide range of courses in numerous subject areas, which are delivered in specially equipped simulation rooms. The university required an easy-to-use solution that could connect these rooms, record the operations, and upload them to cloud storage. Thanks to the efforts of our partners, the AREC Media Capture System was proposed and successfully implemented, along with audio systems from Shure.

There are a total of 6 simulation rooms at SIMNOVA, and AREC systems are utilised in all of them. Depending on the number of video inputs, a different AREC station is used for recording the operations. In rooms with 4 video inputs, the university uses LS-860 stations, while LS-300 models are employed in those with fewer sources. These stations capture audio and video content from various medical devices and microphone arrays, combine it with network camera feeds, and mix them into videos with custom layouts. In the control room, the operator can select any of these mixed Media Station streams and view them through the DS-X01 Media Decoder. This setup ensures continuous streaming from the operational rooms, and the graphical user interface (GUI) present on the DS-X01 lets the operator easily switch between different room views with a single touch.

LS-300 Media Station

LS-860 Media Station

DS-X01 Media Decoder

The chief technician responsible for the AV systems at SIMNOVA, Antonio Scalogna, shared the following regarding the installation:

With AREC, I can schedule each session and manage video recording backups in a highly flexible manner. Of course, I can also send the recordings to the instructors who conducted the simulations through Google Drive. Since the Center acquired AREC, I use it practically every day to fine-tune the streaming graphics and discover new features.

With the system in place, each training and simulation done at SIMNOVA is recorded and saved for further study and other purposes, ensuring that the goals of the university are achieved. Would you like to recreate this experience for your university? Reach out to us at www.a-dena.com, and we will be happy to discuss it with you.