Setup of combined hyperspectral and fundus camera at Peter Stalmans’ lab at KU Leuven. Credit: Imec/KU Leuven
Investigations are underway into using hyperspectral imaging to screen for a host of medical conditions, as Abigail Williams finds out
Mathias Bochow, GFZ Helmholtz Centre, Potsdam, is working on the Trace project to track marine plastic. Credit: Frank Schweikert, Aldebaran Marine Research & Broadcast (www.aldebaran.org/en/)
Abigail Williams speaks to scientists tracking marine plastic using satellite spectral imagery
Paul Brown of Fera Science operating the hyperspectral drone camera at Big Wood, Suffolk. Credit: Gary Battell
Greg Blackman speaks to Dr Michelle Hamilton at STFC RAL Space about mapping trees with spectral imaging
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Greg Blackman reports on a presentation Eric Camirand of Waste Robotics gave about hyperspectral imaging and robotics used in recycling plants
Greg Blackman looks at how SWIR spectral imaging can help reduce plastic pollution, both through environmental surveys and by improving sorting in recycling plants
Classification of nuts as good or bad using Specim’s FX17 camera
Optical design is crucial in enabling wider adoption of hyperspectral imaging, finds Andy Extance
Cubert's Ultris 20 hyperspectral snapshot camera provides a more reliable alternative for aerial surveillance than conventional line scan cameras
Matthew Dale explores the emerging alternatives to push broom hyperspectral imaging
Greg Blackman on how advances in lighting, optics, and sensor technology are turning hyperspectral imaging into an industrial inspection tool
Abigail Williams on the uses and current state of hyperspectral imaging, along with the technique’s potential as an industrial inspection tool
Recycling is becoming big business, and hyperspectral cameras are exactly the right tool to help sort the growing volumes of waste, as Matthew Dale discovers
A glass inspection system must distinguish between flawless and waste products to achieve automotive glass wafers free of optical distortions
Susan Fourtané on the increasing demands being placed on web inspection solutions to achieve zero-defect manufacturing
Automation is the only way for e-commerce and logistics firms to fulfil orders since the dramatic uptick in online shopping brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic
Facing new pressures and demands, logistics operations are calling for adaptable machine vision solutions to drive efficiency, discovers Benjamin Skuse
Luca Verre, Co-founder and CEO of Prophesee, as well as a Photonics100 honoree, highlights how event-based vision is set to revolutionise mobile photography
Luca Verre, Co-founder and CEO of Prophesee, as well as a Photonics100 honoree, highlights how event-based vision is set to revolutionise mobile photography
Left: A semiconductor wafer shown to be opaque to white visible light. Right: the wafer is mostly transparent to SWIR light at a wavelength of 1,200nm, making it a suitable wavelength for semiconductor inspection.
Hunting defects in the soon-to-be trillion-dollar semiconductor industry is big business. Anita Chandran explores the latest wafer inspection technology
