Multispectral Imager

Duncan Technologies, Inc.

Tucson, AZ

• Digital multispectral imagers
• Multispectral imaging is a technology that combines spectroscopy with machine vision. Spectroscopy is the light reflection of objects at certain wavelengths. This technology can “see” or detect and synthesize light at wavelengths beyond the range of human vision

• The heart of machine vision is an electronic camera that employs a light sensitive detector known as a Charged Coupled Device (CCD). The CCD sensor can detect light beyond the visible into the near infrared
• Roper Industries provided additional development funds to continue the product’s development

• The product line is known as MegaPlus II
• Markets for the MegaPlus II product line include ophthalmology, flat panel inspection, digital radiography, microscopy, and industrial inspection
• Full frame sensors are used in applications that require very high quantum efficiency or superior near IR response
• The multispectral camera line has strong applications in food inspection

• Research has proven that the use of multispectral imagery in different applications can provide information that would otherwise not be known until it was visible by the human eye
• At Stennis Space Center, the imager was designed to “see” the invisible flames of burning hydrogen or alcohol

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Curator: SBIR Support                12/08/08