State-of-the-art materials and photodetectors produce faster response times, which could improve image quality
Read article: Timing tests promise performance boost for positron emission tomography
Robert P Crease talks to researchers in China who use physics-based techniques to understand the country’s history
Read article: Peering into the past: using physics-based techniques to understand China’s history
An airborne sensor that collects image data over different spectral bands can detect early signs of plant stress and disease
Read article: Multispectral imaging flies high to help boost crop yields
Technique could be used in fields such as astronomy and healthcare to collect accurate spectra from speckle images
Read article: Speckle patterns reveal coloured objects behind a near-opaque surface
New imaging technique uses overlapping regions of a CCD
Read article: Physicists make moving pictures at trillions of frames per second
Ralf Kaiser and David Mahon on using muon tomography systems to “see” inside complex, shielded structures, such as drums containing nuclear waste
Read article: Seeing past the ordinary
Room-temperature vapour converts terahertz radiation to visible light
Read article: High-speed terahertz imaging system uses Rydberg atoms
Fourier ptychography using X-rays yields absorption and phase-contrast information as well as higher resolution images
Read article: Virtual lens enhances X-ray microscopy
Low-cost technique could be used for medical imaging and disaster response
Read article: Shadowy algorithm allows digital camera to see round corners
The technique of hyperspectral imaging is helping to uncover paintings hidden beneath artworks, notably Picasso's Mother and Child by the Sea, as Stephen Ornes reports
Read article: Hidden pictures
