December 2nd 2024
A recent review article looks at how wetland ecosystems are being monitored using remote sensing technologies and imaging spectroscopy to better manage them.
University of Pennsylvania Graduate Researcher Wins SPIE Medical Imaging Student Paper Award
March 14th 2024A PhD student in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania has won the 2024 Physics of Medical Imaging Student Paper Award, which is given out annually by the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), at the Medical Imaging Symposium in San Diego, California.
Exploring the Spectrum of Analytical Techniques for Material Characterization
November 1st 2023This tutorial illustrates spectroscopic imaging principles, applications, advantages, and limitations for UV-vis, FL, NIR, IR, THz, Raman, XRF, ICP-MS, and LIBS techniques. It provides a guide for understanding spectroscopic imaging for diverse sample types and applications.
Analysis of Infrared and Raman Imaging Data Using Alternating and Modified Alternating Least Squares
November 1st 2023This study explores the enhanced performance of modified alternating least squares (MALS) over alternating least squares (ALS) in analyzing infrared and Raman image spectral data, highlighting the stability and computational efficiency of MALS.
Standardized ISO Methodologies for the Assessment of Microplastics: An Update on Key Developments
March 10th 2023Webinar Date/Time: Europe: Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at 3pm BST | 4pm CEST North America: Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at 11am PDT | 2pm EDT Asia: Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at 8:30am IST | 11am HKT | 12pm JST | 1pm AEDT
Microplastics analysis just got easier: Analysis direct on-filter
November 16th 2022North America: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 11am PST | 1pm CST | 2pm EST Europe: Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 11am BST | 12pm CET Asia: Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 10:30 IST | 1pm SGT | 2pm JST | 4pm AEST Fast, easy, and accurate analysis of microplastics is a key need of anyone with an interest in this area. With the capacity to conduct this analysis directly on the filter in the Agilent 8700 LDIR for microplastics, this analysis has now reached a new level.
Phonon Imaging in 3D with a Fiber Probe
September 10th 2021Salvatore La Cavera III and his colleagues in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham, in Nottingham, United Kingdom have developed a novel measurement system consisting of two ultrafast lasers that excite and detect high-frequency ultrasound from a nano-transducer fabricated onto the tip of a single-mode optical fiber.
High-Definition Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging of the Tumor Microenvironment
September 2nd 2021Professor Rohit Bhargava and his team at the University of Illinois, where they have established the Cancer Center at Illinois, are advancing research in tumor microenvironments, using techniques such as high-definition Fourier transform infrared (HD-FT-IR) coupled with machine learning. We recently spoke to Bhargava about this work.