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Contents News
First Horizon 2020 projects using vision launched l
company Volcano l Mercedes-Benz l home inspection l
Profile Eyes on medical imaging
Jessica Rowbury looks at the methods for diagnosing disease by imaging the eye
Advances in CMOS 18
Greg Blackman on the latest image sensor technology, including Sony’s new global shutter CMOS imager
Factories of the future
Tom Eddershaw finds that machine vision is crucial to making manufacturing plants more flexible
Show preview: Automate show 26 A preview of some of the vision technology on display at Automate in Chicago when it opens its doors in March
Product focus: Smart cameras 30 A roundup of the latest releases of smart cameras, cameras with onboard image processing
Products
The latest machine vision product releases Suppliers’ directory
Gerard White, vice president of ISVI 32 40
Find the suppliers you need, quickly and easily Q&A
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Philips acquires medical imaging Code reading at
Drive-by thermal imaging UKIVA and EMVA news
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Beth Harlen charts the history of hyperspectral imaging company Headwall Photonics
14 14 4 Leader Greg Blackman Window on health I
f the eyes are the window to the soul, they can also, from a medical standpoint, be windows to your health. Diseases including diabetes, Alzheimer’s and
Parkinson’s can be diagnosed from eye exams; disorders affecting balance can also be studied via the eye, as the eyes are linked to the inner ear and the body’s balance system. Jessica Rowbury in her article on page 14 investigates the techniques for studying the eye and the imaging equipment used, a lot of which originates from machine vision because of the frame rates and image quality provided by these cameras. Tere is also a shiſt in medical imaging away from
CCDs to faster and cheaper CMOS image sensors, because of the advances in CMOS image quality. Tis is a shiſt that’s been happening for a while now in machine vision (and in other fields like medical imaging), and one that looks set to continue. Te article on page 18 discusses some of the trends taking place in image sensor technology, and the potential impact of Sony’s new global shutter CMOS sensor on the machine vision marketplace, a sensor that is showing impressive performance metrics. Tis issue also has a preview of the Automate show
(page 26) taking place in Chicago, USA in March, and, linked to this, Tom Eddershaw on page 22 looks more closely at the necessity of machine vision in creating flexible factory production lines. While machine vision is only one piece in the factory automation puzzle, it is quite an important one and one that will both improve productivity and reduce manufacturing faults.
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