Andy Choi

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High-Field Open MRI Oasis Installed in King’s Open Imaging Facility

King’s Open Imaging has declared that deployment of the first true open, high-field MRI, Oasis in Salt Lake City located in Utah has been completed. Crane delivery of the magnet of the Oasis was done into King’s Open Imaging Premises at South Redwood Road.

28 Sep 2011

Novel Nano-Optical Device Breaks Barrier to Handling Nanoparticles

Harvard engineers have developed a novel device called plasmonic nanotweezers that utilize laser light to capture nanoparticles. The new device could facilitate the study and isolation of minute particles such as viruses.

28 Sep 2011

Researchers Discover Algorithm to Determine Image Focus Error

Researchers at the University of Texas in Austin have found an algorithm that can retrieve and utilize information from a single image to measure the distance of objects from the focus distance. Until now, only visual systems of animals and human beings could accomplish this.

28 Sep 2011

GT Crystal Systems Obtains Order for Sapphire Blank for Cryogenic Gravitational Wave Telescope

GT Crystal Systems, a subsidiary of GT Advanced Technologies has obtained an order for a low absorption, huge, optical sapphire blank for the Japan-based Large-Scale Cryogenic Gravitational Wave Telescope (LCGT) program.

28 Sep 2011

Scientists Devise Electronically Controlled Nanoscale Nonlinear Optical Equipment

Stanford researchers have developed a novel nonlinear optical device that miniaturizes electric-field-induced second harmonic light generation (EFISH) devices down to the size of nanoscale.

27 Sep 2011

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Launches Two LED Prototypes for Headlights

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, a unit of Siemens, will display its two LED prototypes for headlights in the form of the OSRAM OSTAR Headlamp Pro and the OSLON Black Flat at ISAL to be conducted from 26 to 28 September 2011 in Darmstadt.

27 Sep 2011

Diffusion-Weighted MRI Enhances Accuracy of Lung Cancer Diagnosis

Belgian researchers have developed a new kind of scan called the diffusion-weighted MRI scan, which will help in detecting the accurate stages of lung cancer.

27 Sep 2011

Report on China’s Laser Equipment Market

Online research website, Research and Markets has released its latest report titled, “Global and China Laser Equipment and Processing Industry Report 2010-2013”.

27 Sep 2011

Optical Materials Express Releases Special Issue on Nanoplasmonics and Metamaterials

A special focus issue on nanoplasmonics and metamaterials, specific fields of nano-optics, which discuss the interaction of matter and light at nanoscale, has been released by the editors of Optical Materials Express (OMEx), an open-access journal of the Optical Society (OSA).

26 Sep 2011

Cognex Introduces TestRun Feature for Proper Functioning of In-Sight Vision Systems

Cognex has introduced a novel feature called TestRun for its In-Sight vision systems to enable manufacturers to test easily and automatically whether their vision systems are working properly.

26 Sep 2011

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