August/September 2009

Imaging and Machine Vision Europe cover

THERMAL IMAGING

Imaging at fever pitch

With the number of reported cases continuing to rise, Swine flu remains a global concern. Greg Blackman looks at the use of thermal imaging for fever screening, which is growing in demand due to the swine flu pandemic

MEDICAL IMAGING

Vision is a cut above

Greg Blackman investigates some of the imaging applications used by the medical profession

PROFILE

Investment in IP pays off

Warren Clark looks at the rise of Pleora Technologies, a company instrumental in establishing the GigE Vision standard through its work on transporting video over IP

Q&A

Bud Brown, director of business development, Northwire

ROBOT INTEGRATION

AI can see clearly now

Industrial robots are able to accomplish a diverse selection of tasks, but giving them vision presents some interesting challenges in itself, as Stephen Mounsey finds out