2. Fast imaging

1970: CCD (Bell Labs)

1974: 100 * 100 pixel CCD sensor (Fairchild)

Sensitivity: IR and visible

1993: first CMOS sensor (NASA JPL)

1999: first high-speed CMOS sensor, 1,000 fps for 0.25 MP (Vision Research – Phantom)

2000: CCD sensor 7186 * 9,216 pixels (Philips)

Sensitivity: IR, visible, X

2005: InSitu CCD sensor, 100 Mfps, 16 images, 64 * 64 pixels (Dalsa)

2005: first high-speed 2 Mpixel CMOS sensor (Vision...