Steffen has developed and submitted a near-infrared CCD system, which allow the operator to see underneath the human skin. His system deploys the monochrome FireWire camera DMK 21AF04, manufactured by The Imaging Source and an IR filter.

His project can be summarized as follows:

It is very annoying for a doctor, if s/he is not able to find a patient's vein and for the patient, it can be very painful. The system developed by Steffen Strobel can be used to avoid the doctor having to try multiple times, before giving an injection. An infrared camera, connected to a PC is used to inspect the hand. The camera is able to examine under the patient's skin. In order for this to work, the talented young scientist (20 years old) has written a sophisticated software application, which allows the operator to see the patient's veins on a monitor.

Below is a photo of Steffen, together with his award winning system. The image is reproduced here in The Imaging Source Blog with the kind permission of Jugend Forscht e.V. - the association, which organizes the competition:

To learn more about the camera used in this project, please take a look at:

• The Imaging Source FireWire Cameras

If you would like to know more about the industrial imaging products, manufactured by The Imaging Source, please contact us.]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:00:00 +0000 Trade Fair http://www.theimagingsource.com/en_US/blog/posts/20090615/ Between June 09, 2009 and June 11, 2009 The Imaging Source exhibited at the international trade fair Robots & Vision & Motion Control. The highly successful event took place at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, in Rosemont, Chicago, USA.

Representatives from all three The Imaging Source offices - Taipei (Taiwan), Charlotte (USA) and Bremen (Germany) - were on site to present the company's industrial imaging products.

If you would like to know more about the industrial imaging products, manufactured by The Imaging Source, please contact us.]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:00:00 +0000 Trade Fair http://www.theimagingsource.com/en_US/blog/posts/20090608/ The cameras, manufactured by The Imaging Source, are best known for their deployment in industrial machine vision applications, quality insurance and automated inspection. The Imaging Source has been manufacturing hardware and software for more than twenty years. Using this vast experience, The Imaging Source has been able to expand the domain in which its cameras are used to include medicine and science.

Christian Linkenheld is an avid user of digital microscopes and decided to try the USB CCD color camera DFK 41AU02 for one of his microscopy images documentation projects. He has published a detailed report about the results of his tests, which includes a number of sample images and animations. The report aims to illustrate to the interested reader how The Imaging Source cameras can be best used for microscopy applications.

Below is a photo, which shows his setup:

You can also read the full report (German): DFK 41AU02 For Microscopy

If you would like to find out more about this and many more cameras manufactured by The Imaging Source, please take a look at: Scientific Cameras

The Imaging Source will be exhibiting at International Robots & Vision Motion Control Show in Chicago, Illinois, USA between June 09, 2009 and June 11, 2009 . The event takes place at Donald E. Stephens Convention Center.

The Imaging Source will be exhibiting at Shenzhen Automation 2009 in southern China between June 24, 2009 and June 26, 2009. The event takes place at Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center.

The Imaging Source will be exhibiting at Photonics Festival 2009 in Taiwan between June 10, 2009 and June 12, 2009. The event takes place at the Taipei World Trade Center.

We are delighted to announce that as of today, we now have new types of 3 megapixel low cost color cameras in our product spectrum:

• Color with and without IR cut filter (Bayer)
• Trigger optional
• 1/2" Micron CMOS sensor (MT9T031)
• Maximum resolution: 2048 x 1536 pixel
• Maximum frame rate: 10.9 fps (@ 2048 x 1536)
• Very low bulk prices

For further details of all available cameras, please take a look at:

• 3 MegaPixel Low Cost Color Cameras

• 3 MegaPixel Low Cost Bayer Cameras

Megapixel CMOS cameras ship without lens.

Use the Get Quotation feature of the cameras' product page to request a quotation for the new cameras. Should you need any assistance in selecting which camera is best suited to your application, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our engineers are awaiting your call or e-mail.

The Imaging Source is exhibiting at MV China at the Shanghai Exhibition Center again this year between March 24, 2009 and March 26, 2009. Our stand is in The International Pavilion.

Below are some photos from last year's event. We will be updating this blog with photos from this year's event very shortly.

To learn more, please take a look at the Fairs and More web site:
http://fairsandmore.cn/mv2009/