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    • Detectors & Imaging

    The laserfocusworld.com Detectors & Imaging channel features articles and other content that discuss components, systems, and applications of detectors and imaging technology.

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    Detectors & Imaging

    Seeing AR through the eyes of a shipmaster

    Vittorio Lippay
    Nov. 15, 2023
    Research reveals the capabilities high-end systems must have to meet users’ needs within the complex marine environment.
    First Light Imaging
    Detectors & Imaging

    Drone-enabled solution to PV inspection

    Peter Fretty
    Nov. 10, 2023
    Combining a line laser, SWIR camera, and drone technology provides PV plant operators with a contactless solution to improve their ongoing inspection processes.
    (Photo credit: Werner Slocum/NREL)
    National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers Tim Silverman and Nicole Luna look over data generated by PLatypus, which was connected to a photovoltaics system on the Flatirons campus.
    Detectors & Imaging

    Photoluminescence imaging tool inspects solar cells for invisible damage

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Nov. 2, 2023
    Solar cells inside a photovoltaic module can crack during hail events or other extreme weather without breaking the glass—which effects their power output—but a ‘PLatypus’ tool...
    (Courtesy of Jinyang Liang, INRS)
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    Detectors & Imaging

    DRUM offers low-cost, ultrahigh-speed imaging

    Justine Murphy
    Oct. 5, 2023
    An ultrahigh-speed camera based on diffraction-gated real-time ultrahigh-speed mapping (DRUM) boasts an imaging speed and spatial resolution akin to expensive commercial high-...
    (Courtesy of Zubin Jacob)
    FIGURE 1. Lead researcher Zubin Jacob, an Elmore professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University.
    Detectors & Imaging

    Thermal imaging approach turns night into day

    Justine Murphy
    Sept. 12, 2023
    Alone, thermal imaging and IR imaging each tend to generate vague imagery—and it poses risks for robotics, AI, and autonomous technologies. But together, they may be a force to...
    FIGURE 3. 4D image of a dividing cell that was detected by Aivia in a feedback loop with LAS X from Leica Microsystems.
    Bio&Life Sciences

    How AI and other microscopy advances answer complex life science questions

    Luciano Lucas
    Nov. 7, 2023
    Microscopy enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) will improve life sciences research and development across key therapeutic categories. Promising developments include autonomous...
    Gamma Scientific
    Test & Measurement

    2D spectral imaging colorimeters suit test and characterization of displays

    LFW Staff
    Nov. 6, 2023
    The VDU series of 2D spectral imaging colorimeters combine the features of a CCD image sensor, CIE matching filters, and a high-performance spectroradiometer.
    Swir Vision Systems
    Detectors & Imaging

    SWIR sensors have use in defense, scientific, automotive, and industrial vision markets

    LFW Staff
    Nov. 3, 2023
    The Acuros 6 and Acuros 4 shortwave-infrared (SWIR) image sensors feature 6.3 and 4.2 Mpixel global shutter arrays, respectively.
    Chromasens
    Software & Accessories

    Alignment adapter available for line scan cameras

    LFW Staff
    Nov. 2, 2023
    The allPIXA Alignment Adapter reduces the time for setup, maintenance, and replacement of one or several allPIXA line scan cameras.