Researchers led by Dr. John Zhang from the University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX, USA) have created a portable, miniature microscope that may help reduce the time taken to diagnose oral cancer.

Computer scientists and medical researchers at the University of Leeds (Leeds, UK) have developed a way of studying tissue samples using a digital scanning system that produces 3-D images.

Any nostalgic feelings for the past may be better put aside with the understanding that the future will only bring with it more exciting technologies, products, and applications.

The European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) is to break away from the German Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau (VDMA) to become an independent non-for-profit association.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST; Gaithersburg, MD, USA), in co-operation with the Multi-Agency Tissue Engineering Science (MATES) working group, is sponsoring a two-day workshop on image processing in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

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Engineers at Toshiba Imaging (Irvine, CA, USA) are working with counterparts at ISee3D (Toronto, Canada) to develop a 3-D digital video microscope using a single Toshiba IK-HD1, 3-chip CCD hi-definition camera.

A white paper available for download from Vision Systems Design introduces the reader to the CoaXPress (CXP) interface and describes the applications for which it is best suited.

Researchers at the University of Sheffield (Sheffield, UK) have developed a new method which could create the highest resolution images ever seen from an electron microscope.

Keeping up with changes in the machine-vision and image-processing industry can be a challenging task, even for the most experienced.

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, CA, USA) have demonstrated the effectiveness of a blood test for detecting and analyzing circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from cancer patients.

Researchers led by Professor Kenneth Shepard at Columbia University (New York, NY) aim to develop a novel two-dimensional high-frame-rate CMOS imager based on single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs).

Researchers at the VTT Technical Research Centre in Finland have developed an optical accessory that can turn an ordinary camera phone into a microscope.

Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors in 2011 continued to push charge coupled device (CCD) sensors into a smaller, isolated section of the market. CMOS image sensors are growing on use in mobile electronics and emerging applications, shows analyst firm IHS.