Imaging Technologies

At CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences, we apply mathematics and statistics to answer important questions from medical research to environmental monitoring and industrial processing.

 

The ICT Centre is CSIRO's national research hub for developing innovative information and communication technologies. These technologies are applied to Australia across the breadth CSIRO’s engagement with industry and society.

Cells will get a dose of reality TV when image analysts at CSIRO and cell biologists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research work together to observe their secret lives.

The Australian E-Health Research Centre (AEHRC) – a joint venture between CSIRO and the Queensland Government – has joined an international organisation devoted to improving patient and care provider access to reliable medical information.

The multi-spectral imaging project is building scanners which use millimetre-waves to 'see' through smoke, dust, fog and clothing, in daylight or darkness.

Checking the contents of tablets, finding new ore bodies to mine, identifying tumours – these are just some of the applications of hyperspectral imaging. This technology has been the focus of CSIRO research which helps determine the composition of different materials and how composition varies throughout the material.

Land and vegetation monitoring is now available to users on their own properties.  This is based on more than a decade of research and experience in analysing remotely-sensed (satellite) data for monitoring land condition.

CSIRO’s Machine Vision team is expanding the capabilities of visioning hardware-software, building machines able to automatically process images in real-world conditions.

The concept of Sentinel Asia is to provide online information from Earth observation satellites in ‘near real-time’ through a network of webGIS services such as the Australian Sentinel Hotspots system. (0.31 secs)

A new wireless localisation system developed by the CSIRO has the capacity to monitor the location, movement and health of athletes, emergency workers in dangerous locations, and even entertainers on stage. The ICT Centre’s Dr Mark Hedley explains that the system even extends to horse racing. (5.09)

Dr Wang is the architect and main developer of HCA-Vision, CSIRO's automated image analysis software package that rapidly and reproducibly measures functional features of neuronal cells in two-dimensional (2D) images.

Ms Leane Bischof develops solutions to extract quantitative information from digital images, with the aim of increasing efficiency in the biological sciences.

CSIRO remote sensing specialists analysed Landsat satellite images to accurately map changes in the forest cover to assist land and resource managers, particularly in bushfire management. (55 pages)

In the four years to June 2007, the CSIRO ICT Centre engaged in external business activities worth $41.1m which was undertaken with more than 340 entities. This business is expected to grow to over $50m by June 2008.

The Tasmanian ICT Centre (TasICTC) is creating a world-class ICT sustainable research capability to support the growth and development of industries in Tasmania and delivering national impact.

There are many ways that organisations in Tasmania and across Australia can work with the Tasmanian ICT Centre. Find out more in this document.