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NEC LCD Technologies Receives Awards for Quality and Performance

Royal Philips Electronics and its subsidiary, Philips Healthcare, recognized NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. for its performance and quality in 2007 with two Philips "Partners for Growth" Global Supplier Awards.

20 May 2008

Physicists Developed New Near-Infrared Broadband Laser Materials

A team of physicists in the Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL) of the Physics Department at The City College of New York (CCNY) have developed new near-infrared broadband laser materials with tunability ranges around triple those of earlier crystals.

19 May 2008

Generation of Laser Light Without Needing Large Energy Input

Kishor Kapale, an assistant professor of physics at Western Illinois University, had his research, "Lasing Without Inversion: Counterintuitive Population Dynamics in the Transient Regime," published in the prestigious Physical Review Letters (PRL) vol. 100, article 173601 (April 29, 2008).

17 May 2008

Richardson Electronics Adds to its Multi-Modality Display Portfolio

The FP2202CHBP (2MP) and FP2080CHBP (3MP) offer exceptionally high brightness and contrast ratios, making them ideal for diagnostic imaging and clinical applications requiring a fusion of grayscale and color imaging, such as PET, 3D, Cardiology and Nuclear Medicine.

15 May 2008

Automatic Corrective Lenses Prescription for the Patient

For the first time, a study combines measurements of abnormalities in the eye with models for assessing how well an individual can see, meaning it may be possible to program a machine to automatically produce prescriptions for corrective lenses.

15 May 2008

Diguang Launches Citywide LED Lighting Project

Diguang International Development Co., Ltd., an emerging, China-based leader in CCFL and LED backlights and LED general lighting technology, today announced launch of a citywide LED lighting project in Xiangfan, Hubei Province, a city of 6.5 million.

15 May 2008

Widescreen Display Brings Enhanced Color/Grayscale to Hospitals

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading stand-alone provider of commercial and residential LCD, plasma displays and projectors, today announced the 30-inch MultiSync® MD304MC widescreen display, designed exclusively for the demanding needs of medical diagnostic professionals.

15 May 2008

New 5th Generation Laser Essential Part of iLASIK Technology Suite

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., a global leader in ophthalmic surgical devices and eye care products, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the iFS Advanced Femtosecond Laser.

14 May 2008

PhotoMedex Receives FDA Clearance to Market New Excimer Laser

PhotoMedex, Inc., a leader in the development of proprietary excimer laser and fiber optic systems as well as techniques directed toward dermatological applications, today announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510k clearance to market the new, more powerful, faster XTRAC® Velocity(TM) excimer laser system to treat psoriasis, vitiligo, atopic dermatitis and leukoderma.

13 May 2008

Significantly Reduce Development Period of Image Interface and Processing Algorithm

Tokyo Electron Device Limited (TED) has today announced the inrevium "TB-3S-1400AN-IMG/TB-3S-3400DSP-IMG", an imaging application evaluation platform equipped with Xilinx Spartan-3 AN/A-DSP FPGA.

13 May 2008