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Monitoring Ethylene Crackers and Steam Methane Reformers as Emissions Targets Tighten
From: LANDDescription: Decarbonisation targets are becoming more ambitious with every passing year. Governments and regulators are pushing harder, timelines are tightening, and industries with energy-intensive processes are ...
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Monitoring Seaports with Infrared Cameras
From: InfraTec GmbHDescription: Monitoring ports brings with it a multitude of challenges. For example, a very large unclear area must always be kept completely in view. The goods of regularly arriving ships are also monitored for ...
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Infrared Cameras for Plant Research
From: InfraTec GmbHDescription: Thermal Imaging in Precision Agriculture ...
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Thermal NIR-Borescopes vs Visual Cameras
From: LANDDescription: Furnace monitoring and diagnosis are crucial for hot-end industrial processes such as glass making, steel production, and the petrochemical industry. ...
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Trendwatch: Virtual Reality Goes Mainstream
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: One key factor driving this explosive growth is VR’s effectiveness as an educational tool—its being used for everything from virtual elementary school field trips to military flight ...
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Working Principle of High Temperature Resistant Industrial Endoscope
From: Shenzhen Vsndt Co., Ltd.Description: High temperature resistant industrial endoscopes are made of special materials that are resistant to high temperatures and corrosion. These materials can maintain stable physical and chemical ...
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Why Can The Borescopes Diameter Be So Thin?
From: Shenzhen Vsndt Co., Ltd.Description: The pipeline design of industrial endoscope can indeed be very thin, which is mainly due to its advanced manufacturing technology and material selection. Let's describe it from the following points. ...
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Application Videoscope in Aircraft Engine Inspection
From: Shenzhen Vsndt Co., Ltd.Description: Industrial endoscopes can serve as the "third eye" of maintenance personnel, helping them to directly observe the internal structure of medical equipment, thereby determining the cause of the failure ...
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Industrial Endoscopes are used in Aircraft Fuel Tanks and Pipelines for Inspection
From: Shenzhen Vsndt Co., Ltd.Description: The application of industrial endoscopes in aircraft fuel tanks and pipelines is crucial. It can help technicians go deep into these areas that are difficult to observe directly and conduct detailed ...
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e-con Systems' 20MP High Resolution Camera: Redefining Imaging Excellence!
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: There's a rising demand for superior imaging as industries advance with technology. Introducing e-con's revolutionary 20MP e-CAM200_CUMI2020C_M OD camera based on the AR2020 Sensor, effortlessly ...
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What is Exposure Time? Benefits of Long and Short Exposure in Medical Imaging
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: In this blog, we'll explore how long and short exposure times can benefit medical and fluorescent imaging. We will also delve into the dynamic capabilities offered by Sony Pregius IMX264 CMOS ...
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A View on Quality-Observation Ports and Considerations for Food and Beverage Applications
From: LJ StarDescription: Color, clarity and consistency. These are just three characteristics that operators can monitor with a sight glass observation port when processing food or beverage products. A sight glass window can ...
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Cameras on Sight Glass Windows Offer a Better View of Your Process
From: LJ StarDescription: The adage about a picture being worth a thousand words translates more pragmatically into worth measured in dollars in industries that requires or benefit from process observation and analysis. A ...
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Hypersen's Chromatic Confocal Sensor is used for PCB Appearance Defect Detection
Description: The content of this article mainly describes that in the application of appearance defect detection, machine vision inspection equipment often adopts non-contact measurement and detection technology. ...
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A Conveyor Monitoring System Camera Ensures Food Safety
From: Cablevey ConveyorsDescription: The early 2000s saw numerous incidents of foodborne illnesses that jeopardized public health, and cost the food industry billions of dollars in revenue. As a result, the Grocery Manufacturers ...
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How High Sensitivity Cameras can Improve Imaging in Digital Microscopy
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Digital microscopy is invaluable to the medical and life science industry as it delivers high-quality images. However, this quality depends on the camera's sensitivity. Find out how high-sensitivity ...
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Why Fluorescence Applications need Monochrome Cameras- and How to Choose a Camera for Fluorescence Microscopy?
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: In this article, you'll know fluorescence applications see monochrome cameras as the best option - and find out the main factors to evaluate while selecting the right fluorescence microscope camera. ...
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How are CMOS Cameras used in Cell Imaging and Molecular Imaging?
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: CMOS cameras have revolutionized the fields of cell imaging and molecular imaging, providing accurate and detailed information about cellular and molecular processes. ...
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Unraveling the Mystery: Why CT Scans and MRI Scans are Considered Imaging Devices Despite not using Cameras
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: This article delves into the reasons why CT scans and MRI scans are considered imaging devices, despite not using cameras in the traditional sense. It explains how these technologies work, their ...
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GMSL2 Cameras vs. FPD-Link III Cameras - A Detailed Study
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: GMSL2 and FPD-Link III are two of the most popular camera interfaces used for high-bandwidth long-distance transmission. In this article, do an in-depth comparison of all their features, camera ...
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Field of View vs Focal Length - Everything You Need to Know
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Field of view and focal length are two of the most important lens parameters. As simple as they are, not many understand them thoroughly. Learn what they mean, how the two are related, and why it is ...
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What Makes e-con's 4K HDR Camera Module a Perfect Choice for Optical Microscopy?
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Modern microscopes use cameras to capture minute details of test samples – thereby improving the accuracy and speed of diagnosis. In this article, learn why e-con’s 4K HDR camera module ...
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e-con Systems Launches its First FPD-Link III Camera - Aims to Anchor its Position in Long-Distance Cameras
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: After numerous successful deployments of its GMSL2 cameras, e-con aims to continue its leadership in offering high-performance long-distance camera modules with the launch of its first FPD-Link III ...
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What are Depth-Sensing Cameras? How do they Work?
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Depth sensing cameras are used in new-age autonomous vehicles to help them seamlessly navigate their environments. Learn all that you need to know about depth-sensing cameras, the types, their working ...
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Build your Next Point-of-Care Medical Device with i.MX8 and e-con Cameras
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) technology is enabling healthcare providers with the ability to ensure a faster and more accurate diagnosis. Discover the benefits of NXP i.MX8 series of processors for ...
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Camera Solution with Superior NIR Performance for Retinal Imaging
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: NIR-based retinal imaging is critical in diagnosing diabetic retinopathy, vascular occlusions, macular degeneration, etc. Get detailed info on retinal imaging and why e-con Systems’ See3CAM_CU27 ...
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Choosing the Right Camera for Automated Sports Broadcasting - Everything you Need to Know
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Each decade has brought along embedded vision innovation to modernize sports broadcasting. Today, it’s all about automated AI-driven sports broadcasting. Uncover everything you must know about ...
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Choosing the Right Camera Solution for Smart Traffic Management
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Intelligent Transport System (ITS) use cases like ALPR, traffic monitoring, and parking lot management rely on cameras to perform people & vehicle counting, facial recognition, demography ...
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How Cutting-Edge Camera Features Elevate Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) to New Heights
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Embedded camera solutions have transformed the Remote Patient Monitoring landscape, potentially saving millions of lives. Know about the role of cameras in RPM systems and all the must-have camera ...
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How to Choose the Right Camera for Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)?
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) is a big part of smart city management as it ensures more citizen security and streamlines transport. Know its key use cases and uncover the three top factors ...
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How Vision-Enabled Point-of-care(POC) Devices are Transforming the Medical Industry
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Integrating cameras into Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) devices is a fast-emerging medical technology trend. Dive deep into the different types of vision-enabled POC devices and follow the recent ...
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IMX327 Based Camera Solution for Smart Traffic Management System
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Camera enabled smart traffic systems traditionally required an IR switch if they had to operate in the night. See how e-con Systems equipped a top smart traffic manufacturer with a low-light embedded ...
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Liquid Lens Autofocus vs Voice Coil Motor (VCM) Autofocus
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Autofocus is a highly crucial feature across many embedded vision applications. So, they require autofocus lenses like a liquid lens or a Voice Coil Motor (VCM). But what are the factors to consider ...
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Role of a Camera in AI-driven Automated Sports Broadcasting
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Automated AI-based analytics is fast gaining momentum in sports broadcasting, given their benefits to viewing audiences as well as coaches and players. Get insights on the crucial role of embedded ...
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Role of Embedded Vision in Empowering Post Operative and at Home Patient Care
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Embedded vision has become a big deal in reinventing post-operative and at-home care across telemedicine, Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), and rehabilitation. Uncover how cameras are used to make life ...
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What is a ToF Sensor? What are the Key Components of a ToF Camera?
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Time of flight cameras have revolutionized depth mapping and made autonomous navigation in agricultural vehicles, autonomous mobile robots, AGVs, etc. seamless. Learn what a time of flight sensor is, ...
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What is an RGB-IR Camera? How does an RGB-IR Camera Work?
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: RGB-IR cameras leverage a Color Array Filter (CFA) with dedicated pixels for visible and IR light – eliminating the need for a mechanical switch and preventing color corruption. Get a closer ...
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What is Near-Infrared Imaging and how do NIR Cameras Work?
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: NIR imaging has a unique sensitivity profile to project distant objects with a clear vision and are particularly useful in night vision applications. Go backstage on NIR imaging and understand the ...
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What is the Difference between Telehealth and Telemedicine? How are Cameras Playing a Part in These?
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Telehealth and telemedicine are often interchangeably used - but the fact’s that each serves different purposes. Get deep-dive insights on what differentiates telehealth from telemedicine and ...
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Why do Image Sensors not come with Integrated Image Signal Processors?
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Image Signal Processors (ISPs) help convert RAW image data into a high-quality output with noise reduction, gamma correction, auto exposure, etc. So, why don’t manufacturers like Sony or ...
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How to Choose a Camera for Medical Devices?
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Learn about the key factors to be considered while choosing a camera for your medical device. From optics to resolution and spectral performance, we cover everything you need to know about a medical ...
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Colour Global Shutter Camera Solution for Gesture Recognition and Industrial Drone Applications
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Vision-based gesture recognition - Technology and applications Of the many advanced technologies the embedded vision world is accustomed to, Gesture recognition is a recent addition which has been ...
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How to Choose the Right Lens for your Embedded Camera Application
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Choosing the right lens is one of the most critical steps in ensuring the effective functioning of an embedded camera system. In this article, learn in detail the 7 key factors you need to consider ...
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Everything You Should Know About Hyperspectral Imaging Cameras
Description: According to a report from ResearchAndMarkets, back in 2021, the global hyperspectral imaging system market was valued at $15.4 billion, estimated to hit a colossal spike of over $35.8 billion. All ...
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How Do I Perform an Audit on my Opacity Monitor?
From: LANDDescription: Ongoing quality assurance is important for any piece of measuring equipment. From a voltmeter to a spectrophotometer, calibration checks are needed to demonstrate that it is continuing to function ...
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Popular Embedded Vision Applications of RGB-IR Cameras
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: RGB IR cameras come with dedicated RGB as well as IR pixels unlike traditional image sensors, making them more suitable for night vision applications. Learn how these cameras are transforming some of ...
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How to Choose Your Specific Barcode Reader?
Description: Various barcode readers are adapted to different use scenarios and needs in the current market. It will be easier to choose a suitable barcode reader knowing the following basic information and ...
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Why are HDR Cameras Important - and What are their Major Embedded Vision Use Cases?
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: HDR cameras are key to enabling embedded cameras to capture images in challenging lighting conditions. In this edition of the Camera Applications series, get to know some of the most popular embedded ...
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Why Sony STARVIS Cameras are Ideal for Medical & Life Sciences Applications?
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Many camera-enabled medical devices need to operate in challenging lighting conditions. In this article, learn about some of those medical applications, the key camera features required for them, and ...
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What is Lens Vignetting - and How to Eliminate it in Embedded Cameras?
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: What is lens vignetting? ...
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Airport Kiosk Camera - How to Choose the Perfect Embedded Camera for Airport Kiosks
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: Is there a need for airport kiosks? ...
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Why Low Latency Streaming is an Important Feature for many Embedded Vision Applications
From: e-con Systems™ IncDescription: What is low latency streaming - and why is it important? ...
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His Very Own Space Odyssey
From: 4D Systems Pty. Ltd.Description: Based in New York, USA, Carl Darby set out to create a scale model of the EVA Pod from the Movie 2001: A Space Odyssey - a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. Not ...
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Developing Bespoke Products Profitably
From: 4D Systems Pty. Ltd.Description: Based in Nantes, France, Ledixis designs DMX controllers for lighting control on TV and cinema sets for its brand Exalux which targets commercial customers. It is a balancing act to cost effectively ...
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USB and GIGE: The Evolution of Camera Interfaces for Imaging Systems
Description: With camera sensors being able to transfer more and more data, choosing the right interface is crucial for any imaging application. Two popular interfaces are USB and GigE. Their cables and connectors ...
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How to Choose Optical Tip Adapters for the Industrial Videoscopes
From: Evident ScientificDescription: Olympus offers a wide range of interchangeable optical adapters for the industrial videoscopes and fiberscopes, providing optimum focuses and directions for various applications and inspected objects. ...
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Increasing the Brightness of Industrial Videoscopes
From: Evident ScientificDescription: An industrial videoscope is an instrument that enables inspectors to look inside areas that are otherwise difficult to access, such as the combustion chamber of a jet engine. Videoscopes support ...
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Boosting Machine Vision with Built-in FPGA Image Preprocessing
From: ADLINK Technology Inc.Description: Since imaging processing tasks can consume major CPU resources in machine vision applications, increasing processing performance within size constraints is, accordingly, a common challenge for ...
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Breaking the Boundaries of Smart Camera and Embedded Vision Systems
From: ADLINK Technology Inc.Description: Automatic inspection by machine vision is leading to the dawn of the "smart factory", eliminating errors resulting from manual operations, as well as improving quality consistency, increasing ...
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Thermal Imaging Enhances Today's Complex Glass-melt Process
From: LANDDescription: The move to Oxy-fuels, the establishment of global standards governing emissions, and today's inadequate measurement processes are materially impacting the glass manufacturing industry. The glass ...
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Sensor-based Food Inspection and Sorting
From: Xenics nvDescription: Food inspection based on sensors for the visual, shortwave infrared, UV and X-ray realms in connection with automated sorting and classification methods has become a major field of application for ...
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Raman Spectroscopy of Pigmented Human Tissue in the Shortwave Infrared
From: Xenics nvDescription: Researchers at the Erasmus MC University Medical Center and at RiverD International B.V., Rotterdam, the Netherlands, have developed a novel, cutting-edge method of applying shortwave-infrared Raman ...
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Infrared Radiation and Radiometry Introduction
Description: All solid bodies that have temperatures above absolute zero (0 Kelvin, -273°C) emit electromagnetic waves. The thermal radiation portion of this energy is called infrared radiation. Wien's ...
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Introduction to Thermopile Detectors
Description: Dexter Research Center is a leader in the manufacture of stable, high quality, high output radiation sensing thermopile detectors with a linear dynamic range from the UV to long wave IR. Thermopile ...
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InGaAs SWIR Cameras Open New Opportunities
From: Photonic ScienceDescription: Shortwave infrared imaging is finding new applications by improving spectroscopy, inspection, and more. ...
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CCD Test Methods
From: Apogee Imaging SystemsDescription: The following data sheet is typical of that prepared by Apogee Imaging Systems for each of its imaging cameras. Some of the measurements here are done by design, and some are performed on each camera ...
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Telescope Optics & Pixel Size
From: Apogee Imaging SystemsDescription: These questions illustrate the three major issues of matching a telescope to a CCD camera: 1) sampling, 2) pixel sensitivity, and 3) field of view. These issues must be addressed in order to take CCD ...
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Miner's Fiberscope
Description: Working coal mines need continuous monitoring to protect miners from the dangers of falling rock. In particular, tunnel roofs must be inspected frequently to assess their strength; roof collapses can ...
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Race Car Periscope
Description: Some of the most exciting views in auto racing are those taken from inside the fast moving cars. However, NASCAR officials found that previous roof- mounted cameras gave a slight aerodynamic advantage ...
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Right Angle Video Lens
Description: The customer required observation of a slender rod of extruded material as it passed between closely spaced processing stations. Space constraints were furthered by an enclosure surrounding the ...
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Digital Cameras in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for Military and Commercial Uses
Description: An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is an aircraft that flies without a human pilot onboard, controlled remotely or flown autonomously via pre-programmed flight plans or other automated guidance systems. ...
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Pathology Expertise Achieved with Lumenera's Microscopy Camera
Description: Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) is a popular staining method employed by Dr. Koala and is the most widely used stain in medical diagnosis. Hematoxylin stains the cell nucleus a shade of purple, while ...
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How to Get the Best Image Quality from Your IP Camera
From: Moxa Inc.Description: As video surveillance transitions from CCTV to IP technology, network integrators must keep pace with a fast-moving market and learn new strategies to optimize image quality. It takes more than just ...
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Case Study: 16 Megapixel at Work
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: AVT Cameras Inspect Airbag Inflator
Description: Airbags have become a standard equipment of most modern cars. Driver and passenger airbags, side airbags and curtain airbags deploy within milliseconds to protect our lives in case of an accident. The ...
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Case Study: AVT helps Laetus with Camera Cure-All
Description: Leading provider of quality control solutions for pharmaceutical industry standardizes camera module with special development from Allied Vision Technologies. Good health is prized by individuals and ...
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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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