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Hamamatsu Photonics Orders Zecotek Crystals
SINGAPORE, Aug. 2, 2013 — Less than a month after announcing its strategic partnership with Zecotek Photonics, Hamamatsu Photonics has placed its first order for scintillation crystals, to be used in third-party positron emission tomography (PET) scanners.
Carl Zeiss Expands Cambridge Operations
CAMBRIDGE, England, Feb. 27, 2013 — Carl Zeiss has expanded its operations at Coldhams Lane in Cambridge — home to Carl Zeiss Microscopy Ltd. — with new application labs, sales offices and customer facilities, the company said this week. Cambridge Scientific Instruments,...
3-D Color X-ray Spots Corrosion, Cancer and Contraband
MANCHESTER, England, Jan. 9, 2013 — A camera that takes powerful 3-D color x-ray images in near real time and without a synchrotron x-ray source can identify the composition of scanned objects. This capability could significantly improve airport security screening, medical imaging and...
Polymer Lens Nearly Identical to Human Eye Lens
CLEVELAND, Nov. 14, 2012 — A multilayered polymer gradient refractive index (GRIN) lens inspired by the human eye could one day provide a more natural alternative to implantable eye lenses and consumer vision products.
RIT, Raytheon to Develop Advanced IR Detectors
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 1, 2012 — The Rochester Institute of Technology was awarded a $1.2 million National Science Foundation award to develop, fabricate and test a new family of detectors grown on silicon wafer substrates by Raytheon Vision Systems.
Antennas Capture, Upconvert Weak IR Light
GRONINGEN, the Netherlands, July 17, 2012 — A technique that uses special molecules as light antennae to harvest the energy from weak infrared light has been found to amplify the process 3300 times and could lead to improved solar cells and medical imaging techniques.
Moth Eyes May Enhance Medical Imaging
NEW YORK, July 3, 2012 — New nanoscale materials modeled after the eye of a moth can improve the light-capturing efficiency of x-ray machines and similar medical imaging devices.
All-Fiber Probes Hold Promise for Medical Imaging Applications
Jul 1, 2012 — Optical fiber probes are still in the early stages of manufacturing, but filament fusion technology enables many probe designs, from ball lenses to fiber lenses, among others. Cleaving fiber bundles with high quality and good throughput facilitates...
Plasmonics Creates Invisible Photodetector
STANFORD, Calif., May 23, 2012 — An invisible light-detecting device that can see without being seen was created using plasmonic cloaking and could lead to a new class of devices that controls the flow of light at the nanoscale to produce both optical and electronic functions.
Random Lasers Fight Noise, Improve Imaging
NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 1, 2012 — A new random laser illumination source for medical imaging equipment could improve the clarity and processing time of images, advancing the fields of microscopy and endoscopy.
3-D Tissue Imaging Improved via Adaptive Optics
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., April 27, 2012 — Real-time, 3-D microscopic tissue imaging could bring the future of medical imaging into focus through a new technique that computationally corrects for aberrations in optical tomography. Precision is vital in medical imaging, where imperfect images...
Nanomaterial combinations enhance IR photodetection
TEMPE, Ariz. – Improved infrared photodetector technology that uses ultrathin layers of materials should have an impact on critical applications ranging from national defense to medical diagnostics. Arizona State University researchers have discovered how infrared...
One-step process turns carbon fibers into graphene QDs
HOUSTON – Common carbon fiber can be turned into graphene quantum dots (QDs) in a one-step chemical process that is much simpler than established techniques. This discovery could prove useful for optical, biomedical and electronic applications. ...
Nanomaterial Combinations Enhance IR Photodetection
TEMPE, Ariz., Feb. 16, 2012 — Improved infrared photodetector technology that uses multiple ultrathin layers of materials should have an impact on critical applications ranging from national defense to medical diagnostics.
Quantum Dots Switch Neurons On, Off
SEATTLE, Feb. 13, 2012 — Light from electrons confined by quantum dots was used to activate and control targeted brain neurons, demonstrating a noninvasive method for studying cell communication and learning how specific cells may contribute to brain disorders.
Carbon Fibers Turned into Graphene Quantum Dots
HOUSTON, Jan. 18, 2012 — Common carbon fiber can be turned into graphene quantum dots in a one-step chemical process much simpler than established techniques for making the semiconducting nanocrystals. This discovery could prove useful in optical, biomedical and electronic...
Oxford Instruments Buys Company
Jan 1, 2012 — Oxford Instruments plc of Abingdon, England, has acquired Platinum Medical Imaging LLC of Deerfield Beach, Fla., and Vacaville, Calif. Oxford Instruments said it was attracted to Platinum Medical because of growth in the third-party service market...
UArizona Receives $500K for THz Imager
TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 6, 2011 — The University of Arizona College of Engineering has received half a million dollars to develop a unique terahertz imaging instrument. The imager will generate terahertz emissions and analyze how spectra in this range are absorbed and reflected by...
IPhone becomes multipurpose imaging tool
DAVIS, Calif. — Using materials that cost about as much as a typical app, scientists have transformed the everyday iPhone into a medical-quality imaging and chemical-detection device that performs detailed microscopy and spectroscopy. The enhanced device...
Smarter Way to Make UV Beams
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 30, 2011 — A better way to build compact ultraviolet (UV) light sources with low power consumption has been discovered using an optimized optical resonator, which could lead to improved information storage, microscopy and chemical analysis. Researchers...
Doped Nanocrystals Developed for Bioimaging
SINGAPORE, Nov. 23, 2011 — A synthesis of lanthanide-doped core-shell nanocrystals has resulted in advanced light-control properties for bioimaging applications including cancer diagnostics, medical imaging and therapeutic delivery. A research team from the National...
Oxford Instruments Buys Platinum Medical Imaging
OXON, England, Nov. 11, 2011 — Oxford Instruments plc has acquired Platinum Medical Imaging LLC of Deerfield Beach, Fla., and Vacaville, Calif. Oxford Instruments said it was attracted to Platinum Medical because of growth in the third-party service market and the recent US...
Lasers Localize 3-D Matter Waves
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Oct. 25, 2011 — In the first direct observation of 3-D Anderson localization of matter, laser light has shown the ability to completely localize atoms. The experimental demonstration will show how 3-D conduction is affected by the defects that plague materials,...
Superbright Gamma Rays Shine New Light on Medical Imaging
GLASGOW, Scotland, Oct. 6, 2011 — The brightest gamma-ray beam ever produced — more than a quadrillion (thousand billion) times more brilliant than the sun — could open up new possibilities for medicine. Physicists have discovered that ultrashort-duration laser...
How to Perform Microscopy, Spectroscopy with an iPhone
DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 4, 2011 — Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have transformed everyday iPhones into medical-quality imaging and chemical detection devices. With materials that cost about as much as a typical app, the decked-out smartphones use their...
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