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    Creating 3-D models with a webcam

    During the last few years, many methods have been developed to build a realistic 3-D model of a physical object, including 2-D/3-D lasers, scanners, projectors, and cameras.
    Dec. 1, 2009
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    Dual sensor scanning speeds slide imaging

    In pathology, accurate focusing is a critical challenge of whole-slide imaging, primarily because of inherent tissue topology variability.
    Dec. 1, 2009
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    A Grand Imaging Challenge

    The 20th Century saw a staggeringly large number of advances in technology. In fact, the US National Academy of Engineering recently compiled a list of twenty of the greatest ...
    Dec. 1, 2009
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    GIGABIT ETHERNET CAMERAS: Gigabit Ethernet cameras go on show at VISION

    With hopes of a faster than 800-Mbit/s FireWire interface waning, camera vendors wishing to support the latest high-speed CCD and CMOS imagers are moving to Gigabit Ethernet at...
    Dec. 1, 2009
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    FOOD & BEVERAGE: Vision system speeds egg crack detection

    Although current US Department of Agriculture (USDA) voluntary regulations require humans to grade samples of eggs, the increased volume of egg processing and packaging plants...
    Dec. 1, 2009
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    Vision + Automation Products

    The SkiaGraph10 EV, a very large area (VLA) digital CMOS x-ray camera, supports x-ray energies up to 160 kVp.
    Dec. 1, 2009
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    BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: Image processing and neural networks assist the blind

    Age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa are two of the major causes of loss of eyesight, leaving patients with difficulty reading, sewing, or discerning faces...
    Dec. 1, 2009
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    AGRICULTURE: Weeding system uses x-rays to detect tomato stems

    Machine-vision systems have primarily been used in industrial automation systems, but the advent of rugged, low-cost sensors, CPUs, and pneumatic actuators is broadening their...
    Dec. 1, 2009
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    IMAGING & ARCHEOLOGY: 3-D scanner digitizes ancient writing

    For 3500 years, ancient Mesopotamian scribes pressed reed styluses into damp clay and generated millions of texts in various Ancient Near East languages.
    Dec. 1, 2009