August 2025

Jeroen Kalkman worked on healthcare research at Philips NatLab in Eindhoven and optical coherence tomography (OCT) at the department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics at the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam. Currently, he is an associate professor at the TU Delft, Department of Imaging Physics, where he leads a research group on optical tomography. His research interests are in label-free 3D imaging and the extraction of physical parameters from the image data.

Abstract:
In this talk, Jeroen will give an overview of 3D imaging using optical coherence tomography (OCT). The presentation will give an overview of the basic principles of OCT imaging and application in healthcare, material science, plant science, and process quality control. In addition, he will show advancements in OCT highlighting improvement of image scale, spatial resolution, and image contrast.

Prof. Dr. Marco Beijersbergen studied physics in Leiden and obtained a PhD in quantum optics at Leiden University in 1996. He then worked as a scientist at the Research and Technology Centre of the European Space Agency. In 1998 he founded cosine, a company which develops optical instrumentation for remote sensing and astronomy and is a major supplier of miniaturized remote sensing instrumentation for space. cosine consists of 50 scientists, engineers and technicians, and has offices and cleanrooms for manufacturing and assembly, integration and testing of optics and instruments in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy.
Since 2005 Marco is an unremunerated professor at the physics department of Leiden University, teaching advanced optics, space instrumentation and entrepreneurship. He participates in several organizations that promote and organize collaborations in science and technology, including the roadmap Advanced Instrumentation in the Dutch Topsectoren program, the route Measuring and Detecting of the Dutch National Science Agenda and the Economic Board of his region.

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Tiama develops inspection systems for the glass and packaging industries, giving Benjamin a unique perspective on current developments in machine vision.
The conversation covers the latest industry trends, the growing competition from China, and what it takes to stay competitive in the inspection market. We also discuss the advantages system manufacturers can gain from joining the EMVA. Tune in for valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities shaping machine vision today. Read more ›

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Alecs is an Open Smart Camera that combines the feature-rich Alvium camera platform with the powerful NVIDIA® Orin NX™ System on Module (SoM) in a robust IP67 housing.
With Alvium camera at its core, Alecs offers a wide range of integrated sensors and a comprehensive feature set for image processing. Compatible with the Open eVision Image analysis libraries from Euresys it has everything to process your image data on Alecs directly. The system is designed to provide enough computational power to develop and deploy sophisticated software and AI algorithms with ease. Read more ›

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Beyond the viewers themselves, Edmund Optics offers one of the industry’s most extensive portfolios of infrared optics and accessories, enabling customers to source complete solutions from a single partner. Read more ›

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