22 December 2019

Camera Reads Mind

Panasonic technology is the brain behind a new brain-reading camera that's set to revolutionize neuroscience. The SLICE camera (separated-light contactless extraction) can directly acquire brain functional images using ordinary nanosecond laser diodes and a Panasonic compact camera sensor without an image intensifier or physical probes being attached. That means it can record functional brain imaging using a non-contact, cost-effective and compact setup, as opposed to the expensive, bulky and inefficient imaging traditional brain imaging tools. 

 

Non-contact acquisition of brain function using a time-extracted compact camera, published on Nature Research traditional optical imaging techniques (such as fMRI equipment) are costly and can only acquire a limited number of images over a small surface area. The SLICE camera employs image sensor-based capture to record two-dimensional distribution of brain blood flow, without requiring contact with the subject. It comprises a pair of 750-nm laser diode made by Sharp, along with a pair of 855-nm laser diodes manufactured by JDSU.

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