Described herein is non-grain composition, comprising at least a thermally inhibited or HMT waxy tapioca starch having a post-retort viscosity of less than 1500 centipoise. Such composition can be used for retort food applications, shelf-stable, thermally processed food applications, canned food applications: and/or aseptic packing and ultra-heat treated process food applications.

A plasma processing apparatus is provided. A plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber, in which a plasma process is performed, a chuck disposed inside the chamber and provided with a wafer, a gas feeder disposed on the chuck and for providing process gas to the inside of the chamber, an OES port extending in a vertical direction along a sidewall of the chamber, and for receiving each of a first light emitted from plasma at a first position and a second light emitted from plasma at a second position closer to the gas feeder than the first position, an OES sensor for sensing the first light to measure first plasma data, and sensing the second light to measure second plasma data, and a control unit for controlling the plasma process using the first and second plasma data.

The present invention relates to a device for the discrimination of biological tissues, such that it is capable of carrying out the discrimination of tissue under complicated operating conditions, for example due to the presence of contaminating elements given off by a cutting operation, due to the presence of moisture in the biological tissue, or due to the presence of a non-controlled atmosphere that interferes with the results of the readings. The invention allows building more complex devices, including cutting instruments, such that it is possible to carry out a surgical intervention in a safe manner by preventing cutting into tissues that are to be avoided during said cutting operation.

A spectrum measurement system includes a laser light source system, an optical signal receiving system and a beam splitting system. The laser light source system is configured to emit a laser output light beam to the object. The laser output light beam includes at least one of a first and a second peak-wavelength laser. After the object is radiated by the laser output light beam, the object generates a conversion beam. The conversion beam includes at least one of a first and a second spectral signals. The optical signal receiving system includes at least a first and a second signal receivers being respectively configured to receive the first and the second spectral signals. The beam splitting system provides a plurality of light exiting paths being configured to respectively transmit the first and the second spectral signals to the first and the second signal receivers.

In general, an imaging system to synchronously record a spatial image and a spectral image of a portion of the spatial image is described. In some examples, a beam splitter of the imaging system splits an optical beam, obtained from a viewing device, into a first split beam directed by the imaging system to a spatial camera and a second split beam directed by the imaging system to the entrance slit of an imaging spectrograph that is coupled to a spectral camera. An electronic apparatus synchronously triggers the spatial camera and the spectral camera to synchronously record a spatial image and a spectral image, respectively.

A dual camera module including a hyperspectral camera module, an apparatus including the same, and a method of operating the apparatus are provided. The dual camera module includes a hyperspectral camera module configured to provide a hyperspectral image of a subject; and an RGB camera module configured to provide an image of the subject, and obtain an RGB correction value applied to correction of the hyperspectral image.

An infrared Raman microscope capable of switching to and performing infrared spectroscopic analysis or Raman spectroscopic analysis for a sample on a stage includes an infrared light detection system, a Raman light detection system, a display unit, a display switching processing unit, and storage processing units. The infrared light detection system and the Raman light detection system photographs a visible image at different magnifications. The display unit displays the visible image of the sample in a display area in association with coordinates on the stage. The display switching processing unit switches and displays the visible image in the same image display area. In a case where a measurement position of the infrared spectroscopic analysis or the Raman spectroscopic analysis is designated on the display area, the storage processing units store a point of coordinates on the stage corresponding to the measurement position.

An analysis result of an infrared spectrum at each measurement position is mapped and displayed in an infrared map display area as infrared data in association with a point of coordinates of each measurement position. An analysis result of a Raman spectrum at each measurement position is mapped and displayed in a Raman map display area as Raman data in association with a point of coordinates of each measurement position. In a case where an optional measurement position is designated in the infrared map display area and the Raman map display area, an infrared spectrum and a Raman spectrum associated with the designated measurement position are graphically displayed in the same graph display area.

Ultra-miniature spatial heterodyne spectrometers (SHSs) are presented. Ultra-miniature SHSs in accordance with the invention, comprise a beam-splitter and gratings configured to generate a fringe pattern for spectroscopic detection. Many embodiments include input optics and a sensor and are configured in a way to omit collimating optics and imaging optics from the SHS. Compared to conventional SHSs known in the art, the present invention enables fewer parts, significantly smaller and lighter SHSs, are more efficient and robust, and require less maintenance. Many embodiments are field-deployable, in that such embodiments can be deployed for hand held use in real-world or remote activities outside of research or diagnostic facilities.

In some embodiments, a system comprises a head-mounted frame removably coupleable to the user's head; one or more light sources coupled to the head-mounted frame and configured to emit light with at least two different wavelengths toward a target object in an irradiation field of view of the light sources; one or more electromagnetic radiation detectors coupled to the head-mounted member and configured to receive light reflected after encountering the target object; and a controller operatively coupled to the one or more light sources and detectors and configured to determine and display an output indicating the identity or property of the target object as determined by the light properties measured by the detectors in relation to the light properties emitted by the light sources.