NIR Spectroscopy

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd and Kwansei Gakuin University have jointly developed a tablet coating inspection technology and a polymeric organic material inspection technology, using Sumitomo Electric's Compovision imaging system. This system enables high-speed measurement in a wide range of wavelengths and zonal measurement.

In a paper published in JNIRS—Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Dr Mike Sowa and his team at the National Research Council Canada report pre-clinical results showing the potential of NIR spectral imaging for intra-operative skin flap assessment.

A novel near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy imaging technique can determine the hardness of maize (corn) grains without destroying them, says a new paper in JNIRS—Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy. This new technique could offer food processors huge savings in time and money compared to other methods for determining grain hardness.

Perten’s Inframatic 9500 has received approval for grain trading in Australia from the National Measurement Institute.

The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have featured a paper published in JNIRS—Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy in the September 2012 issue of their Agricultural Research magazine.

At the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Centers in San Diego, CA, USA. Jelana Stojanovic, PhD, was awarded the Research Award for Best Poster for “Neuroimaging and Cognition using Nearest Infrared Spectroscopy in Multiple Sclerosis”.