Vision Systems Design is a monthly magazine serving engineers, engineering managers, and corporate managers who work for manufacturers and system integrators of vision and imaging systems.

The magazine covers the development of leading-edge industrial (machine vision) scientific, medical, military and aerospace applications.

The interactive version of Vision Systems Design brings you daily updates and news in the technical industry as well as access to four years of editorial archives. Check the calendar of events for the next industry-related conference or refer to the Buyers Guide for product and manufacturer information. A subject search is also at your fingertips.

Vision Systems Design is a global media source serving engineers and engineering managers at OEMs, systems integrators, and end-user organizations, who design, develop, manufacture and integrate components and subsystems for machine vision and image processing systems.

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COVER STORY
Open-source software and smart cameras monitor folding of magazines before binding (See p. 11; photo courtesy Ferag AG)

FEATURES
23 INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION PRODUCTS
Salt Sorter
Linescan camera-based machine-vision system images falling salt and enables contaminant removal
Winn Hardin

29 INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS PROFILE
On the Road Again
Mobile vision system with FireWire cameras and off-the-shelf components surveys highway infrastructure
Liviu Bursanescu, Marc Lecan, and Mihaela Bursanescu

35 SPOTLIGHT
Under the Skin
Multispectral stereo camera system uses a five-channel prism to produce 3-D medical images
Richard Meester

41 PRODUCT FOCUS
Extendable Standards
Frame grabber and camera vendors are increasing the flexibility of standard camera-to-computer interfaces
Andrew Wilson

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