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Imaging science is concerned with the generation, collection, duplication, analysis, modification, and visualization of images. As an evolving field it includes research and researchers from physics, mathematics, electrical engineering, computer vision, and computer science.
Sub-Subfields within Imaging science include: 3D computer graphics, animations, atmospheric optics, astronomical imaging, digital image restoration, digital imaging, digital photography, holography, magnetic resonance imaging, microdensitometry, optics, photography, remote sensing, radar imaging, radiometry, silver halide, ultrasound imaging, and xerography.
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US tourist set for space station
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:19:17 -0000
US space tourist Richard Garriott follows in the footsteps of his astronaut father as he blasts off into space.
Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:23:07 -0000
The global economy loses more money from deforestation than the current banking crisis, says an EU-commissioned report.
Nasa committed to Mars rover plan
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:26:23 -0000
Nasa pushes ahead with plans to launch its 2009 Mars mission, but acknowledges the need for extra funds to make it happen.
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Bipolar disorder also afflicts children, study finds
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
One key to a proper diagnosis, researchers say, is recognizing grandiose behavior. Their study finds that 44% of those who had manic episodes as children continued having them as adults. A study of 54 people with bipolar disorder found that the illness, long considered an adult affliction, also affects children.
Asteroid arrival is successfully predicted for first time
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The object burned up over Sudan, posing no threat to people. The prediction shows that an alert system is working, a Jet Propulsion Laboratory expert says. Scientists for the first time were able to predict the arrival of an asteroid before it entered Earth's atmosphere.
Fans may prevent SIDS
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Using a fan to circulate air seemed to lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in a study of nearly 500 babies, researchers reported Monday.
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Researchers find easier way to make stem cells
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:10:18 -0400
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers trying to find ways to transform ordinary skin cells into powerful stem cells said on Sunday they found a shortcut by "sprinkling" a chemical onto the cells.
U.S. space tourist blasts off in Russian rocket
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:19:37 -0400
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - U.S. video game magnate Richard Garriott blasted off into space aboard a Russian rocket on Sunday watched by his father, a NASA astronaut who went into space at the height of the Cold War.
Two more genes linked to common skin cancer
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:04:21 -0400
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found two new genetic variations that appear to increase the risk of the most common skin cancer among people of European descent.
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Efforts on global warming chilled by economic woes
By DINA CAPPIELLO Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:22:41 -0000
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economic free fall gripping the nation may bring down one of the main environmental objectives: capping the greenhouse gases that are blamed for global warming....
US game designer blasts into space with DNA cargo
By PETER LEONARD Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:08:50 -0000
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) -- An American computer game designer reached space Sunday, fulfilling a long-deferred childhood dream that began with the flight of his astronaut father....
NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
By ALICIA CHANG Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:54:49 -0000
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- NASA said Friday it will press ahead with plans to launch a supersized rover to Mars next year despite spiraling costs and schedule pressures....
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NOVA scienceNOW: Phoenix Mars Lander
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NASA's latest robot has already found frozen water and is looking for more signs that the Red Planet could support life.
NOVA scienceNOW: Brain Trauma
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Even so-called "mild" head injuries turn out to be anything but.
NOVA scienceNOW: Mammoth Mystery
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A pair of mammoth skeletons is found locked together by their tusks. What happened?
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New estimates on global warming
The global climate could warm by 2.5 degrees F. by the end of the century, even if countries undertake stringent efforts to curb greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a new study from a team of climate scientists in the United States, China, Japan, and five European nations. This figure is more than ...
Horizon highlights: Rethinking the basics
Our regular roundup of sci-tech stories from across the Web includes: Professor Pogue teaches some tech basics, five Web 2.0 services that are actually worth your time, and could special lightbulbs replace Wi-Fi hubs? Let’s kick it off: Showdown: BlackBerry Storm vs. iPhone 3G "After teasing us with videos and a vague ...
Why people like cars with ‘angry faces’
One of the coolest aspects of the fabric-covered BMW GINA concept car is a little subconscious. I'm sure I was not the only person who felt, at first sight, as though the car were glaring at me. The sharp hood resembles an angry robot staring you down with its icy ...
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Astronaut's son follows him in space
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:17:12 -0400
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The son of a U.S. astronaut blasted off Sunday from Kazakhstan as a tourist aboard a Russian rocket headed for the International Space Station.
Clinton boosts Mich. stem-cell referendum
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:40:21 -0400
WATERFORD, Mich., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Former President Bill Clinton has urged Michigan voters to approve a referendum legalizing embryonic stem-cell research when they go to the polls Nov. 4.
Space station crew might not be expanded
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:21:59 -0400
MOSCOW, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Plans to add crew members to the International Space Station might be delayed, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said Saturday.
Acquisition of (Physiological) Images - Electronic imaging.
Carlson Center for Imaging Science - Provides overview of imaging and color sciences, research topics, training from short distance learning to postgraduate degrees and resources. At the Rochester Institute of Technology, NY.
Clinical Imaging Processing - Image processing software for medical researchers.
Meta Description: [ The Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center is the biomedical research hospital facility at the National Institutes of Health ]
Confocal Imaging - Explains how the confocal microscope improves getting better focused images than fluorescent light viewing devices. Includes sample photos and a list of applications for this technique.
Data Processing Research Team - Group engaged in methods, models and algorithms for data processing and visualization for x-ray, gamma and infrared. Includes examples of filtration, publications and details of XrayScan software available from Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
Meta Description: [ This site provides you useful information about professional Image Processing. We are creating high-end image processing algorithms and software.We can help you to solve your problems in the Data and Image Processing. ]
Digirad - Gamma cameras for nuclear medicine imaging and solid state nuclear medicine technology by Digirad.
Meta Description: [ Digirad manufactures solid-state gamma cameras for nuclear medicine applications and provides nuclear cardiology imaging services for physicians, hospitals and imaging centers. Free consultation. Contact us at 800 947 6134 >
Imaging Net: Information on Imaging Science and Technology - Imaging Net is a web portal on imaging algorithms and techniques, it's
implementation, and related SW/HW resources offered by manufacturers....
Meta Description: [ Imaging Net is the specialized portal on imaging algorithms and techniques, its implementation,
and related SW/HW resources offered by manufacturers ]
NIH Image - Download and documentation for public domain image processing and analysis program developed for the Macintosh, by the National Institute of Mental Health at Bethesda, MD.
ORNL Image Science and Machine Vision Group - From the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Application areas include biological sciences (e.g., mammography and tomography), law enforcement and forensics, military applications, and measurement and controls for industry.
Paxcam Microscope Camera - Integrated imaging package with camera and software that work with most microscopes. Includes layering, video, images, and time lapse.
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Poynton's Gamma and Color FAQs - Questions and articles on various image and color coding techniques and issues.
Retinex Image Processing - Provides description and examples for the new non-linear image enhancement technique called the Multi-scale retinex.
SIAM Activity Group on Imaging Science - Offers discussion with scientists and engineers of mathematical and computational aspects of imaging, through the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, based in Philadelphia, PA.
Soft Imaging System - Image analysis software and hardware for machine vision, image processing, medical imaging, biometric and metallographical applications.
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Soft Imaging System GmbH - Image analysis software and hardware for machine vision, image processing, medical imaging, biometric and metallographical applications. Soft Imaging System develops analySIS, the software package for image acquisition, processing, analyzing, archiving.
Meta Description: [ Olympus Soft Imaging Solutions produces and services image analysis software and hardware for digital image acquisition, processing, analyzing, archiving and report generation for biomedicine, life science, materials science and semiconductor fields. ]
Video Imaging Borescope - Videoborescope for inspection of turbines, building forensic investigations and utilities.
Meta Description: [ UXR, Borescopes, Fiberscopes, Boroscope, Ultrasonic and Eddy Current NDT Equipment, Remote Video, RVI, Visual Inspection, Preowned Nondestructive Testing Equipment ]
Visual Communication - Rigorously extends information theory to the optimization of end-to-end imaging systems to provide the best possible pictures for the least data.
XRT - X-Ray Technologies - Site explaining PCI using an X-ray ultra microscope, with resolution of 150nm, 'in-air' phase contrast radiography systems, and image processing software. Commercialization and technology licenses from X-Ray Technologies, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia.
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