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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