Miniaturized vision system for microfluidic devices

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1207-1222

  Uvet, Huseyin ^a   Arai, Tatsuo ^a   Mae, Yasushi ^a   Takubo, Tomohito ^a   Yamada, Masato ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Image processing; Micro robotics; Miniaturized systems; Optic systems; Polydimethylsiloxane

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAMMALS; MICROCHANNELS; MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SILICONES; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

MICRO-ROBOTICS; MINIATURIZED SYSTEMS; OPTIC SYSTEMS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; VISION SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 50649098646     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855308X338438     Document Type: Article

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