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Hyperspectral imaging

See more than the visible... and enable breakthrough discoveries in precision agriculture, medical, industrial machine vision, security surveillance and much more!

 

 

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Technology

Leveraging imec’s background in semiconductor fab, equipment and process technology, imec designs and manufactures interference based optical filters at wafer level, deposited and patterned directly on top of image sensor pixels. This unique CMOS based infrastructure provides very compact, clean and high yield optical filter integration with scalability to high-volume and low cost.

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    • Sensors

    Hyperspectral imaging sensors

    Off-the-shelf hyperspectral image sensors, all based on CMOSIS CMV2000 image sensor, have been designed, manufactured and available from imec in quantities of 1 to 1,000+.

    Reference

    Type

    # Bands

    Spectral range

    Spatial resolution
    (RAW, per band)

    Speed (max)

    More info

    SNm2x2 RGB-NIR

    Snapshot mosaic

    4

    RGB+NIR

    1024 x 544 px

    340 fps

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    SNm4x4 VIS

    Snapshot mosaic

    16

    470-630 nm

    512 x 272 px

    340 fps

    product leaflet

    SNm4x4 RedNIR

    Snapshot mosaic

    16

    595-860 nm

    512 x 272 px

    340 fps

    product leaflet

    SNm5x5 NIR

    Snapshot mosaic

    25

    665-975 nm

    409 x 218 px

    340 fps

    product leaflet

    SNt32 NIR

    Snapshot tiled

    32

    600-975 nm

    256 x 256 px

    340 fps

    product leaflet

    LS100+ NIR

    Linescan wedge

    100+

    600-975 nm

    2048 x length of scan

    1360 lines / s

    product leaflet

    LS150+ VNIR

    Linescan wedge

    150+

    470-900 nm

    2048 x length of scan

    1360 lines / s

    product leaflet

    ARGUS multispectral

    Linescan CCD TDI

    7

    RGB or custom

    4096 x length of scan

    42KHz

    product leaflet

    		 
     

    Custom hyperspectral imaging sensors (with different image sensor base, filter specification, pattern layout, etc...) can be designed and manufactured based on specific application requirements.

    Cameras

    Hyperspectral imaging cameras

    Hyperspectral imaging camera demo-kits including imec HSI sensor(s), camera housing, lens, tripod mounts, reflectance calibration tile, lighting solution, storage box and imec HSImager™ hyperspectral imaging software license are available from imec directly to ease your application work:

    Reference

    Interface

    Type

    # Bands

    Spatial resolution
    (RAW, per band)

    Spectral range

    Speed (max)

    More info

    XIMEA SNm2x2 RGBNIR

    USB3.0

    Snapshot mosaic

    4

    1,024 x 544 px

    RGB + NIR

    120 fps

    product leaflet

    XIMEA SNm4x4 VIS

    USB3.0

    Snapshot mosaic

    16

    512 x 272 px

    470 - 630 nm

    120 fps

    product leaflet

    XIMEA SNm4x4 RedNIR

    USB3.0

    Snapshot mosaic

    16

    512 x 272 px

    595 - 860 nm

    120 fps

    product leaflet

    XIMEA SNm5x5 NIR

    USB3.0

    Snapshot mosaic

    25

    409 x 218 px

    665 - 975 nm

    120 fps

    product leaflet

    XIMEA SNt32 NIR

    USB3.0

    Snapshot tiled

    32

    256 x 256 px

    600 - 970 nm

    120 fps

    product leaflet

    PHOTONFOCUS SNm4x4 VIS

    GigE

    Snapshot mosaic

    16

    512 x 272 px

    470 - 630 nm

    40 fps

    product leaflet

    PHOTONFOCUS SNm4x4 RedNIR

    GigE

    Snapshot mosaic

    16

    512 x 272 px

    595 - 860 nm

    40 fps

    product leaflet

    PHOTONFOCUS SNm5x5 NIR

    GigE

    Snapshot mosaic

    25

    409 x 218 px

    665 - 975 nm

    40 fps

    product leaflet

    SNAPSCAN VNIR

    USB3.0

    Snapshot & Linescan

    150+

    3,650 x 2,048 px

    470 - 900 nm

    ~ 200 ms

    product leaflet

    SNAPSCAN NIR

    USB3.0

    Snapshot & Linescan

    100+

    3,650 x 2,048 px

    600 - 970 nm

    ~ 200 ms

    product leaflet

    SNAPSCAN SWIR

    USB3.0

    Snapshot & Linescan

    100+

    1,200 x 640 px

    1100 - 1700 nm

    ~ 100 ms

    pre-order flyer

    ADIMEC VNIR

    Camera Link

    Linescan

    150+

    2,048 x length of scan

    470 - 900 nm

    2KHz

    product leaflet

    ARGUS multispectral

    CoaXPress

    Linescan analog TDI

    7

    4,096 x length of scan

    custom

    42KHz

    product leaflet

     

    Software

    All camera demo-kits come with HSI STUDIO™, the most advanced hyperspectral imaging software developed by imec's integrated imaging & vision system team, to ensure the highest quality hyperspectral imaging datacubes reconstruction. Custom configurations of hardware and software packages are possible and can be discussed.

    Hyperspectral imaging software imec

    Applications

    • Remote sensing
    • Precision agriculture
    • Medical guided surgery
    • Microscopy 
    • Skin-health
    • Waste recycling and management
    • Pharmaceutical defect inspections
    • Food sorting & quality grading
    • Industrial sorting
    • Security & counterfeit detection

    Partners

    Opportunities to deploy commercial hyperspectral imaging are numerous, and cannot be addressed effectively by one single company. Imec's mission is to drive the effective development and commercialization of CMOS based hyperspectral imaging vision solutions, together with a broad ecosystem of partners at sensor, camera, software, illumination to application levels.

    Get in touch with one of ecosystem partner to explore potential collaboration for OEM business:

    Image sensors

    • AMS for ‘CMV’ family of industrial machine vision image sensors
    • Teledyne E2V for ‘Emerald’ family of small-pixels, global shutter image sensors
    • ON Semiconductor for ‘Python’ and ‘XGS’ families of industrial machine vision image sensors
    • GPixel for ‘GSENSE’ high performance scientific and ‘GMAX’ industrial image sensors
    • Pyxalis for high performance ‘HDPyx” scientific image sensors
    • Imec TDI CCD-in-CMOS imager team for high speed, high SNR multispectral image sensors
    • YOUR custom image sensor of choice (to be discussed)

    Cameras & read-out electronics

    • XIMEA for USB3.0 cameras
    • PhotonFocus for GigE cameras
    • Pixelink for USB3.0 cameras
    • Lumenera for USB3.0 and GigE cameras
    • SENTECH for USB3.0 and GigE cameras
    • ADIMEC for camera Link cameras
    • BAYSPEC for portable, handheld cameras
    • Tattile for smart cameras with integrated FPGA+CPU
    • YOUR custom camera read-out electronic (to be discussed)

    Hyperspectral data-processing software platforms

    • PerClass Mira for user guided interpretation, without programming or machine learning expertise classification software
    • NICTA for access to Scyllarus hyperspectral imaging software and toolbox
    • Perception Park for access to Perception Park acceleration system and Studio software
    • YOUR custom SW workflow architecture supported by imec HSI acquisition software API / SDK (to be discussed)

    Hyperspectral LED illumination

    • CVR Lighting multi-channel spectral illumination unit
    • MetaPhase multi-channel spectral illumination unit
    • Effilux for custom spectral imaging illumination solutions
    • YOUR custom illumination solution (to be discussed)

    News

    Partner related
    perClass Mira integration with Imec HSIViewer
    Press
    Imec demonstrates Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) range hyperspectral imaging camera
    Press
    Imec demonstrates world’s first multispectral time-delay-integration image sensor based on CCD-in-CMOS technology
    Press
    Imec’s high-speed ultrasonic SNAPSCAN camera enables hyperspectral imaging acquisition in less than one second

    Support

    For customers and partners of imec hyperspectral imaging activity, please visit our support portal (restricted access) to download the latest support documents and materials including:

    • Software
    • Manuals
    • Reports
    • Examples
    • Personal files

     

    Contact

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    Jerome Baron

    Business Development Manager

    For more information regarding integrated imaging and vision systems, please contact Jerome Baron, Business Development Manager Integrated Imaging & Vision Systems.

     

    You can also reach one imec local contact point in your country or geography here.

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