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Camera Link is a universal standard for the transmission of high speed digital images over medium distances (around 10 metres). The standard is well-established in the machine vision industry, and it is broadly adopted. A large number of Camera Link cameras are available. It is therefore important to identify and analyse the factors limiting the performance of Camera Link connections; and to consider methods aimed at compensating those limiting factors, to increase the performance of Camera Link connections.

Image analysis and machine vision have a common goal of extracting information from digital images. They differ mostly in what objects or parts they are applied to and the type of information extracted. Both use image processing - computations that modify an input image to make image elements more obvious. As examples, image processing is used to compensate for variations in lighting and to enhance the edges of objects. Machine vision is primarily concerned with locating, identifying, measuring and inspecting manufactured parts such as fasteners (bolts, screws, etc.). Image analysis is primarily concerned with measuring natural or non-manufactured parts and patterns. Applications include classifying and counting biological cells and characterising particles, textures or foams.