Image Processing in Medical & Life Sciences

First-class vision solutions for demanding applications

Digital image acquisition and processing opens up numerous possibilities for research, analysis, and disease diagnostics, as well as medical device manufacturing. Our tailored products and solutions guarantee particular reliability and the best image quality.

Best image quality and color reproduction
Basler cameras produce excellent images - whether they operate completely automatically or are individually adjusted
Customizable hardware and software
Our project teams work with you to design tailored solutions that meet your lab’s specific needs.
Industry-leading reliability
Basler cameras have one of the lowest failure rates in the industry — built for continuous, 24/7 operation.
Long-term product availability
Future-proof your system design with products that stay available and supported over time.

Typical fields of application in Medical & Life Sciences

Our Medical & Life Sciences customers use computer vision to solve a wide variety of tasks, including those in ophthalmology, microscopy, and laboratory automation, or to develop medical imaging systems. This can include anything from reliable image processing components to fully customized computer vision systems depending on the application.

Ophthalmology
Highly sensitive and precise vision technology is used in a variety of ways when it comes to modern diagnostics and therapy for the eye.
Microscopy
Microscopy cameras must provide excellent color and contrast reproduction in real time and in low light conditions.
Laboratory automation
Powerful vision components combined into a coherent system enable reliable analytics with a high sample throughput.
Medical Imaging Systems
Imaging systems are used in a wide variety of medical fields. The requirements for them are often the same: color-accurate imaging in real time.

Application examples in Medical & Life Sciences

Solutions that enhance precision, streamline processes, and support reliable outcomes in diverse medical and life sciences applications.

Machine vision for contact lens inspection
Automated optical inspection for contact lens manufacturing. Learn how machine vision detects micro defects in hydrated lenses using optimized illumination and imaging.
- AOI, error detection, quality control
- Medical & Life Sciences
Consistent color calibration across high-magnification systems
Achieve reliable color calibration under high magnification (even >50×). Discover how micro color calibration overcomes field-of-view limitations and supports golden samples and different ColorCheckers. Read the use case.
- Semiconductors
- PCB/PCBA Inspections
- Medical & Life Sciences
- Microscopy
SWIR vision for contact lens quality inspection
Discover how SWIR cameras detect low-contrast and surface defects in contact lens packaging—ensuring precision, safety, and quality in every blister pack.
- Medical & Life Sciences
Shape centroid algorithm for industrial inspection and AR vision
Experience real-time alignment and spatial positioning with our Shape Centroid Algorithm camera solution. Engineered for industrial inspection, augmented reality vision, and cell counting or motility analysis.
- Semiconductors
- Electronics
- Medical & Life Sciences
- Counting
Achieve perfect image uniformity with shading and flat field correction (FFC)
Explore our unique, customizable solution beyond standard Flat Field Correction (FFC) and shading correction. Benefit from rapid program development and optimization, without the typical time and cost constraints associated with algorithm development.
- Electronics
- AOI, error detection, quality control
- Microscopy
Contactless Patient Positioning in CT
Using cameras and suitable software to position patients in the CT without contact.
- Medical & Life Sciences
- Position Recognition
- Measuring
100 % Customized Vision System for Scalability in Ophthalmology
Custom vision system: embedded controller + camera module for multiple ophthalmology devices increases unit count and reduces costs.
- Classification
- Medical & Life Sciences
Compact CNN-Based Bacteria Classification
Laboratory analyzers use vision technology, and the addition of a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) automates sample evaluation at high confidence levels.
- Classification
- Medical & Life Sciences
- Microscopy
Cost-effective urine sediment examination with CNN-based vision system
Vision System with CNN enables cost-effective and high-performance automated urine sediment analysis.
- Classification
- Medical & Life Sciences
- Microscopy

Products for this solution

Looking to implement a comparable solution? These products will help you.

Basler ace 2 area scan camera
The compact ace 2 convinces with a large selection of sensors and interfaces as well as optimal handling and image quality. Thanks to its versatility, it is the right camera for a wide variety of applications.
Basler dart area scan camera
The dart camera is a compact camera module suitable for factory and embedded applications. It is available as a bare board version and with a mount.
racer 2 line scan cameras
Basler racer 2 line scan cameras have resolutions of up to 16k and line rates of up to 240 kHz. They are suitable for a wide range of applications, such as quality assurance in battery manufacturing.
Basler Stereo ace
Stereo ace cameras are ideal for pick-and-place applications in the logistics sector. They impress with their outstanding image quality, even with challenging surfaces.
pylon Viewer - pylon Software Suite
Basler’s pylon Software Suite comprises powerful tools for getting the best image out of your Basler camera. The pylon Viewer provides a rich set of functions such as Vignetting Correction, Sharpness Indicator, Bandwidth Manager and many more.