The group “System Integration - Inspection and Digital Image Processing (SI-IIP)” develops image processing methods for the optical inspection field. It works in close cooperation with the IAI work group “System Integration - Systems, Processes, Equipment (SI-SPE)” and mainly focuses on specific problems in the inspection of structures in the micrometer range. In third party-funded projects, the group also works on innovative techniques for medical applications, particularly for image-based diagnostics in an ophthalmological context.

The main research areas are:

• image registration,
• generation of mosaics from extensive image series,
• image reconstruction from focus and lighting series,
• feature-based autofocus for confocal microscopy,
• and surface reconstruction from deflectometric images.

In addition to software implementation, we also develop specific application hardware that is necessary for the inspection – with the main focus being on optics and lighting.

Projects:

• Imaging of the corneal sub-basal nerve plexus
• System integration for printed materials and systems
• System integration for areal optical subsystem
• System integration for nanophotonic systems