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Case Study: AVT Pike Makes Foosball Robot Nearly Unbeatable
Description: Fachhochschule Köln (University of Applied Science of Cologne), founded in 1971, is the outcome of an amalgamation of renowned predecessor institutions. These included â factory schoolsâ (Kölner ...
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Case Study: Caught on Camera
Description: The traffic control industry is an ever-growing market with new infrastructures being built worldwide, with, for example, the trans-European road network expected to grow by 4,800km per annum until ...
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Case Study: Coming to a street near you
Description: Launched by Microsoft in May 2009 the Bing search engine has recently broadened its horizon with the revamping of its Bing Maps Streetside service. The service that was launched to compete with ...
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Case Study: Cotton Interlaced
Description: How Guppy interlaced digital cameras provided an easy and affordable migration from analog to digital interface in Premier Evolvics' cotton testing machines in India. Premier Evolvics Pvt. Ltd. is a ...
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Case Study: Do perfect eyeglasses exist?
Description: Rodenstock is one of the global leaders in ophthalmic optics and employs about 4,500 people. Whether itâ s eyeglass lenses or eyeglass frames â the Rodenstock brand stands for products of highest ...
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Case Study: Drop by Drop Inspection
Description: JetXpert is a sophisticated drop-in-flight analysis system designed by ImageXpert using Stingray high-speed digital cameras from Allied Vision Technologies. The system is used by major ...
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Case Study: Effective Medicine
Description: Pharmaceutical corporation Boehringer Ingelheim switches to one- hundred-percent testing of medication capsules with digital cameras from Allied Vision Technologies. Hardly any industry is subject to ...
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Case Study: Every Nook and Cranny
Description: The Mephisto Extreme 3D-Scanner from 3DDynamics relies on AVT Pike digital cameras to scan objects, humans, animals or plants with the highest possible precision in three dimensions. 3DDynamics ...
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Case Study: Eye Robot
Description: Robots are nothing new in industrial assembly. For example, everyone has heard of the heavy yet highly precise one-armed soldering or painting robots of the auto industry. Such systems take over ...
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Case Study: Freezing the Shot
Description: Operating since 1993, Matrix Systems & Solutions provides process manufacturers with packaging execution and warehouse management system applications, as well as consulting and professional services. ...
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Case Study: Full Scale Testing
Description: The National Research Council of Canada Institute for Aerospace Research (NRC Aerospace), Canada's national aerospace laboratory, conducts research and development in the full range of issues related ...
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Case Study: GC650 in Wood Industry Measurement System
Description: Canada is one of the world's preeminent manufacturers of high quality wood products and also the largest exporter of wood products. In addition, about 75% of Canadaâ s structural wood panel production ...
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Case Study: GE4000 Observes Gamma-Ray Phenomena
Description: The Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the Moscow State University in Russia uses Prosilica GE4000 GigE Vision cameras to detect and measure gamma ray bursts. The scientific team of the Sternberg ...
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Case Study: Giant Billboard on Times Square Uses AVT Camera for Interactive Advertising
Description: The Big Apple is world famous for spectacular, giant advertising billboards illuminating New York Cityâ s never sleeping night. Over the years, a technology that started with simple light bulbs and ...
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Case Study: GigE Vision for 3D Medical Research
Description: Rheumatoid Arthritis is a widespread autoimmune disease that attacks many tissues and organs, but principally affects synovial joints (hands, feet, knees and elbows) causing chronic inflammation as ...
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Case Study: GigE Vision Goes Underwater
Description: With seafood exports totaling $2 billion in 2006 and accounting for half of Alaskaâ s total export value, the fishing industry is Alaskaâ s largest employer and one of the Stateâ s main economical ...
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Case Study: GigE Vision Rock Solid in Harsh Mining Environments
Description: South Africa boasts an abundance of mineral resources and is a leading producer of precious metals such as gold and platinum. The mining industry is the countryâ s largest employer with around 900,000 ...
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Case Study: Here Comes the Sun
Description: Based in Pasadena, California, eSolar is one of the half dozen startups currently building Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants in the Southern California desert. The company has developed a ...
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Case Study: High Resolution Inspection for Dental Imaging System
Description: Applied Scintillation Technologies (AST) is a UK based manufacturing company that specializes in developing advanced imaging and detection systems in the dental, security, medical and health physics ...
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Case Study: Imaging Makes Agriculture Greener
Description: Digital imaging technologies are widely used in industrial inspection, product quality testing, automation control and process optimization. Likewise, in agriculture, the use of machine vision can ...
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Case Study: In Small Doses
Description: Established in 2006, Manchac Technologies, L.L.C. designs and develops advanced pharmacy automation products aimed at long-term care, retail and assisted-living facilities. Automation was only ...
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Case Study: Mass and Class
Description: Even for small mass-produced parts, it is worth it to use industrial image-processing systems to guarantee first-class quality. At NP Plastics, small plastic rollers for document binders are checked ...
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Case Study: Mobile machine vision system featuring AVT GigE cameras surveys pavement condition.
Description: Southeastern Surveying & Mapping Corporation (SSMC) is a land surveying company that uses mobile machine vision-based technology to perform network pavement condition assessments for the entire ...
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Case Study: Motion Capture With AVT Cameras Makes Orthopedic Diagnosis Easier
Description: With the aid of high-speed Pike cameras and SIMI Motion Software, doctors and scientists are researching musculoskeletal dysfunction and can already offer new therapies to patients, tailored to their ...
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Case Study: Musical Amoebae
Description: Electronic music instrument Reactable turns images to sounds. The experimental synthesizer was developed by a research team of the Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona (Spain). The Pompeu Fabra ...
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Case Study: Packaging Inspector
Description: Packaging is an extremely important part of food products for the consumer market, as it fulfills a number of functions. Most importantly, proper packaging is essential for the preservation of ...
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Case Study: Perfect Swing
Description: With two Pike digital cameras from Allied Vision Technologies, â Swing & Seeâ helps recreational golfers to practice their swing like professionals do. R&D Vision is a French company specialized in ...
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Case Study: Prosilica Cameras Capture the Thrill of Roller Coaster Rides
Description: Based in Montréal, Québec, 3db Solution Inc. designs and sells customized photography systems including green screen photo systems, wireless roving photo systems and ride photo systems, to amusement ...
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Case Study: Prosilica Cameras Go Airborne
Description: Established in 1949, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is a science-based laboratory dedicated to support the U.S. Department of Energy on nuclear & energy research, science and national defense ...
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Case Study: Prosilica GC GigE Camera in Coral Reef Fish Study
Description: Prosilica GC GigE Vision Cameras used by research team of New Jersey Institute of Technology to assess population of endangered fish species in coral reefs. Recent studies have shown that a third of ...
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Case Study: Prosilica GC650C in DARPA Urban Challenge
Description: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge was created in 2004 to promote the development of robotic vehicles following a US Congressional mandate. The latter stipulates ...
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Case Study: Prosilica GigE Vision Cameras Tested for New NASA Recording System
Description: Prosilicaâ s GigE Vision GC Series Cameras are being tested by NASA as the Agency is looking to upgrade one of its existing space shuttle video/camera recording systems. Developed by image acquisition ...
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Case Study: Quality Down to the Last Detail
Description: The worldâ s largest independent development partner, EDAG develops customized concepts and solutions, optimized for production, to meet the mobility needs of the future. The companyâ s holistic ...
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Case Study: Real-Time 3D Cinema under the Microscope
Description: At VISION 2009, Allied Vision Technologies presented an innovative stereomicroscopy application. Thanks to TYTEC Software and AVT GigE Vision HD cameras, a stereo microscope can display ...
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Case Study: Real-Time 3D-Reconstruction With GigE Vision
Description: The 3-D Imaging Lab at the University of Kentuckyâ s Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments has extensive experience in the area of 3-D and is credited with developing 3-D systems in the ...
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Case Study: Sixteen Eyes Can See Better Than Two
Description: AICON 3D Systems GmbH is one of the world leading providers of optical camera based 3D measurement systems. The company located in Braunschweig, Germany, develops and distributes systems for the ...
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Case Study: Space Robot Robonaut
Description: Built in partnership with General Motors (GM) and the Oceaneering Space Systems of Houston, NASAâ s Robonaut (R2) is the second generation of highly dexterous humanoid robot designed to work alongside ...
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Case Study: Underwater Vision
Description: Now in its 13th edition, the RoboSub challenge, co-sponsored by the AUVSI foundation and the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR), aims to advance the development of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles ...
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Case Study: View Catcher
Description: SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) is a world leader in dedicated computer vision applications, developing and marketing eye & gaze tracking systems and OEM solutions for a wide range of applications. ...
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Case Study: Virtual Prototypes
Description: Using â Augmented Reality,â auto manufacturers can integrate virtual CAD prototypes into actual modules or vehicles to find and solve assembly problems before production begins. The Unifeye ...
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Case Study; Playing in the Sandbox
Description: The US Geological Survey (USGS) is renowned worldwide for its studies on the environment. The organization aims to provide reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth. One of ...
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Pharmaceutical Applications: Four Common Pharmaceutical Packaging Applications with Visionscape® I-PAK
Description: The Visionscape I-PAK inspection system is the proven solution chosen by major pharmaceutical manufacturers worldwide. Based on a selection of powerful machine vision tools and a simple user ...
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Stereo vision makes construction vehicles safer
Description: Owners and operators of large construction and mining vehicles must ensure that their machines work effectively without injuring on-site personnel. Because the machines are often very large, it may be ...
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Automotive Industry Case Study: 3-Part Spark Plug Inspection (.pdf)
Description: A major manufacturer of automotive parts and electronics must perform a three-part inspection on final spark plugs to ensure readiness for shipping. The company needs a machine vision system that can ...
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Cap Inspection Provides Critical Information for Lab Automation (.pdf)
Description: A cap inspection system is one solution to improve error prevention processes.By inspecting test tubes and caps to collect detailed information such as diameter, cap color, and cap type, instrument ...
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Building an IP Surveillance Camera System with a Low-Cost FPGA (.pdf)
Description: In the video surveillance marketplace, the need for higher quality video, higher resolution, and more flexibility and features is driving the change from analog to digital cameras. By definition, ...
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Zero Defects in Automotive Inspection (,pdf)
From: Tordivel ASDescription: Scorpion is inspecting a tray of 180 pressure sensors in six minutes, helping the customer to zero defects and to avoid the cost of the alternative manual microscope inspection. The robot is equipped ...
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Scorpion Vision Software® 3D cubed in a Sony SmartCam
From: Tordivel ASDescription: 3D imaging is making a big impact in the automation market. In this article Thor Vollset of Tordivel and Myriam Beraneck of Sony discuss the technology's role in delivering more accurate automation ...
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3 Ways to Enhance Packaging Performance with Machine Vision Optical Character Recognition (OCR) (.pdf)
Description: Machine vision OCR (optical character recognition) helps manufacturers optimize efficiency while meeting tracking and labeling requirements. Three common applications of OCR are described in this ...
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In the Pipeline
Description: 3-D laser triangulation system with FPGA-based camera checks critical dimensions during production of multilayer pipes ...
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Leading Edge 3D Bin Picking for Casting Industry (.pdf)
From: Tordivel ASDescription: "The leading Norwegian manufactures of castings need new technology to meet the international competition and the environment-, health- and safety requirements.This results in strong emphasis on ...
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3D Vision System to Automate Laser Welding
Description: 3D vision is used to automatically detect and process the x, y and z co-ordinates of the product or its features. By using 3D vision together with robotics, various tasks of the in-process and quality ...
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ID Readers Save Assembly Time and Improve Tracking of Surgical Instruments (.pdf)
From: Cognex CorporationDescription: Assembling accurate sets of instruments for the many different types of surgery performed in a typical hospital is a time-consuming and difficult manual task at most hospitals. Technicians in the ...
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Machine Vision Rises to the Baker's Challenge (.pdf)
From: Cognex CorporationDescription: High production rates caused difficulties with the inspection of leftover bread in their loaf tins.They now rely on Cognex In-Sight® cameras with a laser line scanner to optimize their production ...
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New Pharmaceutical Track and Trace Approach Uses Unique Bottom Marking (.pdf)
From: Cognex CorporationDescription: The U.S. has recently experienced two highly publicized examples of counterfeit drugs within its distribution system: Lipitor tablets, a cholesterol-lowering medication and Procrit, an injectable drug ...
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Quick and Easy: Pick-and-Place of Microparts with VisionPro (.pdf)
From: Cognex CorporationDescription: Whether supplying components to the automotive industry or manufacturing medical products, the success of automation solutions depends on three criteria: speed, precision, and ease-of-use. The ...
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Unrivalled 2D Code Readability Through a Tough Processing Environment (.pdf)
From: Cognex CorporationDescription: Het Kaasmerk b.v in the Netherlands is using a DataMan® ID reader to read the codes marked on individual blocks of cheese. The cheese is marked with a 2D code early in the production process and ...
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Vision Sensor Helps Automate High-Speed Loading of Transparent Cartons (.pdf)
From: Cognex CorporationDescription: A major beverage manufacturer uses transparent cartons to package its bottled drinks so that their distinctive branded labels are visible to consumers. However, the need to orient the bottles so that ...
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Electronic Dimensional Gauging in Hostile Environments
From: Macro SensorsDescription: The use of electronic gauging probes for dimensional gauging of manufactured parts is a well-established quality assurance technique. Typical gauging probes are cylinders with diameters of 8 mm or 9.5 ...
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Filters Open New Vision Applications (.pdf)
From: Prior Scientific, Inc.Description: Article explains how filters are being utilized in new vision applications. ...
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Doing Away With Cable Spaghetti - A One-Cable Solution for Gigabit Ethernet Cameras (.pdf)
From: Baumer Ltd.Description: Baumer has introduced the proven series of TXG cameras with a Power over Gigabit Ethernet (PoE) interface. This solution combines transmitting data and supplying power into one standard network cable ...
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Interfacing Pressure Sensors to Microchip's Analog Peripherals
Description: Pressure measurement devices can be classified into two groups: those where pressure is the only source of power and those that require electrical excitation. The mechanical style devices that are ...
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Power Management for PIC18 USB Microcontrollers with nanoWatt Technology
Description: Reducing power consumption is always desirable in systems where resources may be limited. This is particularly true in USB systems, where designers must not only understand the rules imposed by the ...
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Designing Energy Meters with the PIC16F873A
Description: The deployment of electronic energy meters has gained a great deal of momentum over the past several years. This is due to their two main advantages over the traditional electromechanical designs: ...
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IEC Compliant Active-Energy Meter Design Using the MCP3905/6
Description: The MCP3905/6 energy-monitoring Integrated Circuits (ICs) supply active real power measurements for single-phase residential meter designs. These devices include features specific for the ...
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Explosionproof IR Cameras Within Sugar Refineries
Description: This technical advice note describes the selection and application of explosionproof infrared cameras within an explosive dust environment as a means of automatically detecting thermal signatures of ...
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Thermal Imaging Camera Range
From: Critical Imaging, LLCDescription: Thermal Imaging cameras sense heat and as such work in full sunlight to complete darkness. All objects give off thermal energy be they hot or cold and thermal imaging senses this heat. ...
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The Myths & Realities of Image Acquisition (.pdf)
Description: Not too long ago, machine vision application users relied on frame-grabber-based systems for most of their tasks. In 1998, manfacturers introduced cameras that worked with the IEEE-1394 interface, ...
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Future Outlook For The Photonics Industry
Description: The photonics industry adapts with whatever technology is taking off at the time and even stays ahead of the innovation of the moment. As the newest features in optics are released and admired, new ...
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How to Image in Extreme, Low-light Conditions
Description: Imaging in extremely low light ccan present a challenge for a variety of tasks, including military, biomedicascientific, non-destructive testing, underwater research, realism broadcaTV, and mine and ...
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Welcome to Advanced Imaging's 2007 Imaging Solutions of the Year
Description: For the eleventh year, Advanced Imaging presents its Solutions of the Year. And what a good year 2006 was for solving involved problems using sophisticated imaging technology. In a switch, we are not ...
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Fluke: Thermal Process Monitoring
Description: Temperature monitoring can detect overheating delivery system components, help solve irregularities in electrical power supplies, predict operational machinery failure, detect blockages in supply ...
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12-Bit Dynamics: Applications in Machine Vision
From: PCO AGDescription: The once huge difference in speed or frame rate between digital 8 and 12-bit camera systems has now vanished due to continuous improvements in image sensor manufacturing and microprocessors. What is ...
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A Laboratory Plasma Experiment for Studying Magnetic Dynamics of Accretion Discs and Jets
From: PCO AGDescription: This work describes a laboratory plasma experiment and initial results which should give insight into the magnetic dynamics of accretion discs and jets. A high-speed multiple-frame CCD camera reveals ...
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Analysis of Visible Light Images
From: PCO AGDescription: Precise nonperturbative measurements of plasma evolution and magnetic flux inflow are vital for the study and characterization of magnetic reconnection in laboratory plasmas. In the reconnection ...
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Camera Captures Spheromak Plasmas
From: PCO AGDescription: The promise of limitless, cheap and clean energy from thermonuclear fusion has been intriguing scientists for decades, and it is all the more enticing as we come to terms with the environmental ...
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CMOS Cameras Rise to Speed Challenge
From: PCO AGDescription: Advances in CMOS image-sensor technology are making it possible for a new breed of highspeed cameras to capture events previously impossible to image by conventional CCD cameras. Improvements in chip ...
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Development and Application of a MHz Frame Rate
From: PCO AGDescription: The ability to capture the unsteady dynamics of high speed compressible flows requires the use of ultra fast imaging diagnostics. Application of particulate based scattering techniques in high speed ...
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Electron Multiplication CCDs Offer a Flexible Solution
From: PCO AGDescription: A recent advance in CCD technology is the introduction of electron multiplication or charge carrier multiplication CCDs. This technology is effective in applications requiring high light sensitivity, ...
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Fast Camera Images of Flux Ropes During Plasma Relaxation
From: PCO AGDescription: Abstract-Images of visible light emission from flux ropes during plasma relaxation are presented. Multiple images are used to gain insight into the dynamics of driven/dissipative plasma relaxation ...
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Fluorescence Imaging Advances Fuel Injector Design
From: PCO AGDescription: Some large-bore internal-combustion engines - in particular slow-speed, two-stroke-cycle engines that run on natural gas - can have poor in-cylinder mixing caused by ineffective fuel delivery. Poor ...
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Imaging on a Gland Scale
From: PCO AGDescription: The body's messenger system comprises two main couriers: the neural network, which effects immediate, short-term, localized change, and the endocrine system, which induces more delayed, long-term ...
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Imaging System Enhances Detection of Skin Cancer
From: PCO AGDescription: Imaging system enhances skin cancer detection. Founded in 1999, Biocam (Regensburg, Germany; www.biocam.de) introduced the first system for early skin-cancer detection in 2002. Dubbed Dyaderm, the ...
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Luminescence Lifetime Imaging with Transparent Oxygen Optodes
From: PCO AGDescription: Due to the modular luminescence lifetime imaging system (MOLLI) that has been developed within the last few years, it is possible to use oxygen sensors that are not optically isolated. Transparent ...
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Novel Method for Instantaneous, Quantitative Measurement of Molecular Mixing in Gaseous Flows
From: PCO AGDescription: We describe a novel method for making instantaneous, quantitative, planar measurements of fluid mixed at the molecular level in gaseous flows. The method relies on the effective oxygen quenching of ...
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Opthalmoscope Enters Digital Age
From: PCO AGDescription: A smart ophthalmoscope that takes digital photographs of the back of the eye is being developed in the UK. When commercialized, the instrument will enable opticians to email electronic images of a ...
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PLIF Technique for Fuel Visualization in Engines and Its Role in Retrofit Technology
From: PCO AGDescription: A problem in large-bore, slow-speed, natural gas two-stoke cycle engines is poor incylinder mixing processes caused by ineffective fuel delivery. Engines in this class are used primarily for power ...
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Red Enables Cell Membrane Study
From: PCO AGDescription: In biological microscopy, simply being able to view a sample is half the battle. It is also crucial to capture and archive images for future reference. CCD cameras seem to be the technology of choice ...
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Study of Magnetic Helicity Injection via Plasma Imaging Using a High-Speed Digital Camera
From: PCO AGDescription: The evolution of a plasma generated by a novel planar coaxial gun is photographed using a state-of-the-art digital camera, which captures eight time-resolved images per discharge. This experiment is ...
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Transparent Oxygen Optodes in Environmental Applications at Fine Scale as Measured by Luminescence Lifetime Imaging
From: PCO AGDescription: Due to the modular luminescence lifetime imaging system (MOLLI) that has been developed within the last few years, it is possible to use oxygen sensors that are not optically isolated. Transparent ...
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View to the Future: CCD and CMOS Sensors Today and Tomorrow
From: PCO AGDescription: Digital image sensors are well established in private and professional applications. But which sensor type works best, CCD or CMOS? This question enlightens passionate discussions. A more detailed ...