Ultrafast Streaming Camera Platform For Scientific Applications

• doi: 10.1109/RTC.2012.6418369
• title: Ultra-fast streaming camera platform for scientific applications
• publisher: IEEE
• isbn: 978-1-4673-1083-3
• issn:
• partnum: 12EX6171
• rank: 3924
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• content_type: Conferences
• abstract: X-ray computed tomography (CT) is a method for non-destructive investigation. Three-dimensional images of internal structure can be reconstructed using a two-dimensional detector. The poly-chromatic high density photon flux in the modern synchrotron light sources offers hard X-ray imaging with a spatio-temporal resolution up to the μm-μs range. Existing indirect X-ray image detectors can be adapted for fast image acquisition by employing CMOS-based digital high speed camera. In this paper, we propose a high-speed visible light camera based on commercial CMOS sensor with embedded processing implemented in FPGA. This platform has been used to develop a novel architecture for a self-event trigger. This feature is able to increase the original frame rate of the CMOS sensor and reduce the amount of the received data. Thanks to a low noise design, high frame rate (kilohertz range) and high speed data transfer, this camera can be employed in modern synchrotron ultra-fast X-ray radiography and computed tomography. The camera setup is accomplished by high-throughput Linux drivers and a seamless integration in our GPU computing framework. Selected applications from life sciences and materials research underline the high potential of this high-speed camera in a hard X-ray micro-imaging approach.
• article_number: 6418369
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• publication_title: 2012 18th IEEE-NPSS Real Time Conference
• conference_location: Berkeley, CA, USA
• conference_dates: 9-15 June 2012
• publication_number: 6410221
• is_number: 6418089
• publication_year: 2012
• publication_date: 9-15 June 2012
• start_page: 1
• end_page: 8
• citing_paper_count: 2
• citing_patent_count: 3
• download_count: 334
• insert_date: 20130124
• index_terms:
  • ieee_terms:
    • Cameras
    • Field programmable gate arrays
    • Computer architecture
    • X-ray imaging
    • Registers
    • Clocks
    • Engines
  • author_terms:
    • high-speed imaging
    • CMOS-image sensor
    • FPGA real-time parallel data processing
  • dynamic_index_terms:
    • Digital Camera
    • Frame Rate
    • Data Transfer
    • High-speed Camera
    • X-ray Computed Tomography
    • High Frame Rate
    • Hard X-ray
    • Synchrotron Light Source
    • Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
    • Rate Of Sensor
    • High-resolution
    • Spatial Resolution
    • 3D Images
    • Integration Time
    • Physical Effects
    • Physical Consequences
    • Physical Events
    • Image Sensor
    • Camera Sensor
    • State Machine
    • Finite-state
    • Finite State Machine
    • Physical Layer
    • Current Sensor
    • Effects Of Fasting
    • Fast Events
    • Parallel Data
    • Data-parallel
    • Karlsruhe Institute Of Technology
    • Logic Blocks
    • Readout Scheme
    • Readout Strategy
    • Dark Noise
    • Internal Logic
    • Parallel Output
    • Total Noise
    • Frame Resolution
    • Resolution Of Each Frame
    • Readout Time
    • Dark Current
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• authors:
  • Author Name: Michele Caselle
    Affiliation: Institute of Data Processing and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/38540217600
    ID: 38540217600
    Order: 1
    Author Affiliations:
    • Institute of Data Processing and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Author Name: Suren Chilingaryan
    Affiliation: Institute of Data Processing and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/38071430200
    ID: 38071430200
    Order: 2
    Author Affiliations:
    • Institute of Data Processing and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Author Name: Armin Herth
    Affiliation: Institute of Data Processing and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/38016733400
    ID: 38016733400
    Order: 3
    Author Affiliations:
    • Institute of Data Processing and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Author Name: Andreas Kopmann
    Affiliation: Institute of Data Processing and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37945333400
    ID: 37945333400
    Order: 4
    Author Affiliations:
    • Institute of Data Processing and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Author Name: Uros Stevanovic
    Affiliation: Institute of Data Processing and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/38542442800
    ID: 38542442800
    Order: 5
    Author Affiliations:
    • Institute of Data Processing and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Author Name: Matthias Vogelgesang
    Affiliation: Institute of Data Processing and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/38489370100
    ID: 38489370100
    Order: 6
    Author Affiliations:
    • Institute of Data Processing and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Author Name: Matthias Balzer
    Affiliation: Institute of Data Processing and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37721043600
    ID: 37721043600
    Order: 7
    Author Affiliations:
    • Institute of Data Processing and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Author Name: Marc Weber
    Affiliation: Institute of Data Processing and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/38541063100
    ID: 38541063100
    Order: 8
    Author Affiliations:
    • Institute of Data Processing and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

Image Sensor

• sensor_type: CMOS
• resolution: 2.2 Mpixels
• dynamic_range: Not specified
• pixel_size: Not specified
• dark_current: Estimated total noise contribution of 87.15 e-/s at 14°C; dark noise value of 125 e-/s at 25°C reported in the CMOSIS datasheet.

Optical Data

• focal_length: Not specified
• aperture: Not specified
• field_of_view: Not specified
• distortion: Not specified

Performance Metrics

• frame_rate: 340 fps at full resolution, several thousand fps with on-line self-event trigger or reduced resolution.
• noise: Total dark noise contribution of 87.15 e-/s at 14°C.

Applications & Benefits

• cell_imaging: Used for high-speed imaging in scientific applications, particularly in hard X-ray computed tomography and micro-imaging.
• benefits: High-speed data acquisition, programmable settings for various experiment conditions, improved signal-to-noise ratio due to advanced noise reduction techniques.

Supporting Organizations

• supported_by: CMOSIS - Image Sensors, Northwest Logic companies, Institute für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP) at KIT.

Manuscript Details

• publication_date: 9-15 June 2012

Relevancy Score

• score: 10
• missing_fields:
  • fill factor
  • quantum efficiency
  • readout speed
  • noise sources
  • analog-to-digital conversion techniques
  • design considerations
  • microlenses
  • on-chip colour filters
  • global or rolling shutters
  • backside illumination

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