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Andor cameras support RNA/DNA research via optical microscopy
… been "instrumental" in helping Steven Chu, a Nobel Laureate and US Energy Secretary, push the boundaries of optical microscopy in order to perform molecular analysis in biological research applications.1 One of the cameras involved is the …
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NETWORKED MULTIPROCESSOR RENDERS OPTICAL IMAGES IN THREE DIMENSIONS
… two-dimensional (2-D) optical microscopy is a fairly mature technology ..... have developed a prototype optical microscopy system that, with proper cell ..... acquisition components of the 3-D optical microscopy system. To acquire images …
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Imaging system automates pollen measurements
A new type of measuring station based on machine vision and light optical microscopy automatically determines tree pollen count and improves the forecast. For the 2009 spring allergy season, the German weather …
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Fraunhofer offers adaptive optics kit
… Originally developed for astronomy, adaptive-optics techniques can be used for imaging through biological tissue in optical microscopy or for any kind of object recognition in machine vision. Fraunhofer IPMS (Dresden, Germany; www.ipms.fraunhofer …
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Nikon acquires license from Harvard University for 'STORM' super-resolution microscopy
… technology is an advanced form of optical microscopy , intended to enable life science ..... tissues and cells more clearly. Optical microscopy is one of the most widely used ..... the spatial resolution of optical microscopy , typically limited by the …
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Bringing a graphical user interface to Electron Micoscopy
… Pleasanton, CA). Unlike optical microscopy where images can be captured ..... resolutions of CCD cameras for optical microscopy are generally eight bits or ..... not the limiting factor in optical microscopy . Terry Coupe, Sight Systems …
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Vision system checks keyboards
… enlarge image The team has provided the first experimental evidence that scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) is capable of mapping local strain and cracks of nanoscale dimensions. The technique makes use of extreme …
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LIGHTING & ILLUMINATION: LED illuminators find microscopy applications
… figure). “Tungsten halogen lamps with their wide spectral distribution are often used to illuminate specimens in optical microscopy ,” says LaPlante. Here again, optical bandpass filters can be used to illuminate living cells using different …
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Snapshots
… Originally developed for astronomy, adaptive-optics techniques can be used for imaging through biological tissue in optical microscopy or for any kind of object recognition in machine vision. Fraunhofer IPMS (Dresden, Germany; www.ipms.fraunhofer …
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Piezoelectric positioners place products precisely
… enhancement or stabilization by dithering a lens in front of a CCD sensor, a feature extremely useful in scanning- optical - microscopy applications. Motion of integrated piezo actuators can be amplified by internal flexure amplifiers. Typically …