bstract. 3-D scanning has become increasingly popular in a wide ange of applications. We present a prototype 3-D/stereoscopic canning system based on a cheap, readily available flatbed scaner. Stereoscopic imaging is achieved by modifying the optical path f the ordinary flatbed scanner. The results of 3-D imaging using our rototype system are demonstrated, and a number of design lternatives are...

This paper describes a novel approach to making 3D replicas of nearly flat objects using a flatbed scanner and a 3D printer. The surface reconstruction is based on the fact that the light in a flatbed scanner shines under a given constant angle and the CCD sensor records different intensities depending on the angle between a local normal vector of a micro-facet and the vector towards the light ...

The capability to perform high-resolution, wide field-of-view (FOV) microscopy imaging is highly sought after in biomedical applications. In this paper, we report a wide FOV microscopy system that uses a closed-circuit-television (CCTV) lens for image relay and a flatbed scanner for data acquisition. We show that such an imaging system is capable of capturing a 10 mm × 7.5 mm FOV image with 0.7...

Microscopy imaging systems with a very wide field-of-view (FOV) are highly sought in biomedical applications. In this paper, we report a wide FOV microscopy imaging system that uses a low-cost scanner and a closed-circuit-television (CCTV) lens. We show that such an imaging system is capable to capture a 10 mm * 7.5 mm FOV image with 0.77 micron resolution, resulting in 0.54 gigapixels (10 9 pi...

Microarray hybridization or antibody binding can be detected by many techniques, however, only a few are suitable for widespread use since many of these detection techniques rely on bulky and expensive instruments. Here, we describe the usefulness of a simple and inexpensive detection method based on gold nanoparticle labeled antibodies visualized by a commercial, office desktop flatbed scanner...