There are only a handful of other researchers in the world
using hyperspectral imaging in combination with other non-destructive and micro-destructive techniques to understand how a work of art is made, Walton said.
Not exact matches
Researchers at the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) are trialling a new way to measure bunch rot and non-grape matter by
using near infrared
hyperspectral imaging at the weighbridge.
The team of Marc Walton, research associate professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern University,
used techniques like
hyperspectral imaging and photometric stereo, which reveals the surface shape of objects.
Hyperspectral imaging is
used today in everything from satellite
imaging and energy monitoring to infrastructure and food safety inspections, but the technology's high cost has historically limited its
use to industrial or commercial purposes.
The likely development of a specialised
hyperspectral imaging tool for actual
use in the IVF clinic is several years away but Sutton - McDowall believes that there is a strong surge of interest from IVF clinics to better predict embryo development outcomes through technology.
Their new method is called snapshot
hyperspectral imaging (SHI), which up to now has been
used primarily in astronomy.