Hyperspectral imaging

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.

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	product leaflet
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 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.

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

Imec uses hyperspectral camera to decipher Da Vinci code in Tongerlo

Press

Imec reports monolithic thin-film image sensor for the SWIR range with record pixel density

Press

Imec’s high-speed ultrasonic SNAPSCAN camera enables hyperspectral imaging acquisition in less than one second

Publications

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

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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