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    The laserfocusworld.com Detectors & Imaging channel features articles and other content that discuss components, systems, and applications of detectors and imaging technology.

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    2025 SPIE Prism Award finalists and award recipients will be honored during a January 29th gala evening at SPIE Photonics West.
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    FIGURE 1. In a conventional CT scanner, an x-ray source rotates around the patient. Indirect detectors provide the data from which a 3D image is generated.
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Photon-counting detectors are poised to revolutionize computed tomography

    Roger Steadman
    Oct. 23, 2024
    For 50 years, computed tomography (CT) has been one of the most valuable diagnostic tools and, thanks to photon-counting detectors, the next revolution of computed tomography ...
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    FIGURE 1. HP Z Captis Dual-modality PBR capture modes: Studio (left) and Explorer (right).
    Software & Accessories

    Electro-optical solution for virtual material capture and rendering

    Fred Thomas
    Oct. 21, 2024
    A high-resolution image capture device launched in August 2024 as a collaboration between HP and Adobe enables the digital capture of three-dimensional (3D) surface appearance...
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    FIGURE 1. FSOC is emerging as the answer to demands for ever-greater bandwidth in both terrestrial and satellite communications.
    Optics

    Free-space optical comms: High data-rate connectivity from the ground up

    Christian Rookes
    Oct. 14, 2024
    Thanks to advances in infrared sensors, free-space optical communication (FSOC) technology is poised to revolutionize connectivity across diverse environments.
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    A compact and lightweight single-photon airborne LiDAR system could enhance air and space applications such as 3D terrain mapping.
    Test & Measurement

    Airborne LiDAR system advances 3D mapping, terrain imaging

    Justine Murphy
    Sept. 26, 2024
    A compact, energy-efficient LiDAR system makes airborne applications—including environmental monitoring and 3D terrain mapping—much more accurate.
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    Bio&Life Sciences

    Near-infrared light enables optical observation in microscopy

    Akira Saito
    Sept. 11, 2024
    Near-infrared (NIR) imaging can help mitigate the challenges of using visible light as an excitation source for biological research.
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    Software & Accessories

    Acousto-optic beam deflector for UV systems available

    LFW Staff
    Oct. 8, 2024
    The AODF - UV beam deflector provides precise spatial control of an optical beam at rates beyond 250 MHz.
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    Executive Forum

    Venture activity bounces back in September

    Eric Hall
    Oct. 7, 2024
    Deals are announced across varied industries and stages, including sensors and quantum.
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    Detectors & Imaging

    Microscope accessory has use in chemometric modeling

    LFW Staff
    Oct. 6, 2024
    The Zero X Plus microscope accessory has an integrated calcium fluoride optic to improve spectral precision of collected Raman spectra.
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    Photonics IP Update: September 2024

    Iain McIntyre
    Oct. 3, 2024
    This roundup summarizes photonics-related patent litigation and Patent Office procedures for September.