A trial using deep learning algorithms has shown that artificial intelligence has the potential to assist technicians and detect human errors in medical image handling
A smartphone camera adapter for retinal imaging that will make it easier to carry out eye examinations has been launched
The University of Glasgow has opened a £32 million Imaging Centre of Excellence (ICE), a medical research facility that will bring together world-leading research, cutting-edge technology and international business investment
European scientists are developing an augmented reality surgical visor capable of superimposing a patient’s x-ray images and other medical information in perfect 3D unison with their anatomy
Miniature image sensors and LED chips in endoscopes are enabling doctors to look further inside the body to diagnose medical conditions, and cameras are now even placed inside pills that the patient swallows. Beth Harlen investigates
Jessica Rowbury takes a look at how imaging technologies are being used to test, diagnose and study disease
Carlos Lee, director general of the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC), reports from a recent biophotonics workshop looking at imaging to aid surgical removal of tumours
Securing an intravenous line in a patient can be a painful procedure if the nurse is unable to find a vein. Now, imaging devices are becoming available that use infrared light to make veins easier to locate, as Jessica Rowbury discovers
Cardiac doctors have trialled a 3D holographic imaging system as an aid in minimally invasive heart procedures. Jessica Rowbury speaks to Dr Elchanan Bruckheimer, a paediatric cardiologist who presented the results of the trial at a recent cardiovascular symposium
Greg Blackman looks at the technology surrounding spectral imaging, including hyperspectral and multispectral solutions suitable for industrial imaging
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
