Photonics & Imaging

Imaging

Your destination for advances in imaging systems, machine vision, visualization software, and human-machine interfaces (HMIs) technologies. Design engineers can access news, technical briefs, applications, and product developments.

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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A new imaging technique measures temperature in 2D.
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Briefs: Imaging
With an imaging speed of 0.5 trillion frames per second, the camera is claimed to be the world's fastest.
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Briefs: AR/AI
A research team demonstrated a way to recover phase information.
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Briefs: Medical
An algorithm that assesses the location of a metal implant and determines the best position of the scanner to avoid distortion.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
3D micro-printing was used to develop this small, flexible scope for looking inside blood vessels.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
The high-bandwidth, high-resolution ISAR technology can be used to study subsurface structures.
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INSIDER: Motion Control
High-resolution solid-state lidar using an array of MEMS switches will reduce its cost to match that of inexpensive, chip-based cameras and radar systems — removing a major barrier to...
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5 Ws: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A newly designed wearable magnetic metamaterial could help make MRI scans crisper, faster, and cheaper.
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INSIDER: Data Acquisition
When thirsty residents of a permanent community on the Moon take a swig of fresh water brought in from the lunar south pole, they’ll be enjoying the benefits of a 30-pound spacecraft known...
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INSIDER: Research Lab
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and ELI-Beamlines in the Czech Republic have reached a major agreement that will build on the relationship between the two organizations and ramp...
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Inside every cellphone is a tiny mechanical heart, beating several billion times a second. These micromechanical resonators play an essential role in cellphone communication. Buffeted by the...
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Two-Axis Laser Scan Head Aerotech Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA) has released the AGV-XPO, a high-dynamic, two-axis laser scan head that combines low-inertia, high-efficiency motors with ultra-high resolution position feedback and...
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A Smart Gadget, a simulator module, and a holographic display.
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Products: Imaging
Smart contactors, an industrial edge platform, tiny engines, and more.
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Briefs: Wearables
The mobile phone app enables regular monitoring of glucose levels in people with diabetes.
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Briefs: Manned Systems
The engine could make rockets not only more fuel-efficient, but also more lightweight and less complicated to construct.
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Briefs: Imaging
The test uses a smartphone microscope and could deliver results in about 10 minutes.
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Briefs: Imaging
The technology could benefit firefighters, miners, the military, plumbers, and households.
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Articles: Energy
A smart roof coating, a wearable RFID sensor tag, and a 3D-printed OLED display.
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Briefs: Wearables
A study seeks to understand how different parts of the brain communicate with other.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Learn the internal functioning of an AI processor that pulls from a variety of sensors, including radar, lidar, sonar, and cameras.
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Technology Leaders: Data Acquisition
The method combines concepts of global and local stereo methods for accurate, pixel- wise matching at low runtime.
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Spectrometers, digital microscopes, high-speed imaging, and more.
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Briefs: Imaging
A new imaging method measure temperature in 2D.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
For the first time, a team has measured the volume of individual droplets smaller than 100 trillionths of a liter, with an uncertainty of less than 1%.
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Application Briefs: Imaging
See how hyperspectral imaging adds value to food inspection systems.
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Technology Leaders: Test & Measurement
InGaAs is interesting, but is it useful?
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Question of the Week: Imaging
Would You Use ‘PocketView?’
Ever need your phone but your hands are full? A new display being developed at the University of Waterloo uses LEDs to display phone messages through fabrics. The “PocketView” shows notifications for email or messages, time, weather, or other forms of basic information.
Briefs: AR/AI
An AI framework enables scientists to improve an imaging technique, enhancing the performance of electron microscopes.
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