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Applications on the Upswing as Cost of Imaging Systems Come Down

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From picking the juiciest and most colorful cranberries for consumption to detecting one of the most elusive of cancers — brain cancer — imaging systems are gathering momentum, largely thanks to shrinking size and cost.

MARIE FREEBODY, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, [email protected]

Every autumn — usually from mid-September until around mid-November in North America and March through May in South America — cranberries reach their peak of color and flavor and are ready for harvesting. It’s then the turn of hyperspectral imagers to ensure only the best grade cranberries make it through to production from the millions of kilos that are harvested. In March 2015, spectral-imaging specialist Headwall Photonics Inc., based in Massachusetts, began a collaboration with a well-known cranberry-products maker to begin testing new spectral-imaging/machine...Read full article

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