oct ndt metrology photonics founded 1997 headquarters pointe claire quebec canada products oct detectors profilometers scientific instruments fiber based probes website novacam.com novacam technologies inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing advanced metrology and imaging systems for industrial and bio medical applications . novacam s fiber based optical profilometers and optical coherence tomography oct systems are based on low coherence interferometry . the fiber based nature of novacam s detector probes is unique in the optical metrology industry . 1 2 3 novacam is a privately owned canadian company that makes precision optical measuring instruments . it is headquartered in pointe claire greater montreal quebec canada . contents 1 history 2 applications 3 notes 4 references 5 external links history edit novacam technologies was founded in 1997 . 4 in 2004 novacam began developing its first optical coherence tomography product line based on advanced patented low coherence interferometry technology . 4 much of the underlying research was carried out in cooperation with the industrial materials institute imi and the institute for biodiagnostics ibd both research laboratories of the national research council of canada . the resulting commercialized oct detectors microcam 3d note 1 for industrial applications and doctor 8 note 2 for bio medical applications are employed internationally . the initial product line was based on time domain td oct technology . the firm has also developed detectors based on fourier domain laser swept source ss oct technology . the detectors are equipped with fiber based non contact probes for flexible and adaptable deployment . applications edit the firm s profilometers are used for nondestructive testing metrology 5 involving high speed and high precision surface inspection 6 surface imaging 7 and characterization thick film and thin film thickness measurement long profiles cross section imaging and process control . being fiber based they are able to operate in hostile environments and restricted spaces . 8 9 the firm s profilometers find applications in the semiconductor and electronics industry micromachining aerospace industry casting optical industry plastics and glass industry and fuel cell metrology . in the biomedical field their optical coherence tomography oct detectors are used for micrometre precision tissue imaging . 10 in ophthalmology otology and other precision fields . notes edit see microcam 3d see doctor 8 references edit dufour mark l. ; gauthier b. december 2003 . precise surface profilometry based on low coherence interferometry . abstract . spie the international society for optical engineering . doi 10.1117 12.543395 . retrieved december 14 2010 . dufour m. l. ; lamouche g. ; vergnole s. ; gauthier b. ; padioleau c. ; hewko m. ; levesque s. ; bartulovic v. june 2006 . precise surface profilometry based on low coherence interferometry . proceedings of spie the international society for optical engineering . quebec city quebec canada society of photo optical instrumentation engineers bellingham washington usa . pp . vol . 6343 2 pp. 63431z .1 63431z .7 . retrieved december 14 2010 . dufour marc ; lamouche g. ; gauthier b. ; padioleau c. ; monchalin j.p. 2006 . inspection of hard to reach industrial parts using small diameter probes pdf . spie the international society for optical engineering . doi 10.1117 2.1200610.0467 . retrieved december 15 2010 . a b bartulovic vuk . novacam technologies inc. . biofinance funding lifescience companies . retrieved january 6 2011 . losert r. march 31 2009 . solution for ndt inspection . ndt magazine . retrieved december 15 2010 . external link in publisher help sprovieri john july 28 2008 . quality in assembly fiber optic profilometer measures surface quality . assembly magazine . retrieved december 14 2010 . external link in publisher help guss g. ; bass i. ; hackel r. ; mailhiot c. ; demos s.g. november 6 2007 . high resolution 3 d imaging of surface damage sites in fused silica with optical coherence tomography pdf . lawrence livermore national laboratory ucrl proc 236270 . retrieved december 14 2010 . losert r. november 2010 so far yet so close optical profilometer systems inspect hard to reach surfaces inspect magazine http www.inspect online.com 11 42 43 retrieved december 15 2010 external link in journal help wilson andrew april 1 2007 . fiber based profilometers inspect hard to reach surfaces . visionsystems design magazine . retrieved december 14 2010 . lamouche guy ; dufour marc ; hewko mark ; gauthier bruno ; vergnole s bastien ; bisaillon charles tienne ; monchalin jean pierre ; sowa michael august 9 2010 intravascular optical coherence tomography on a beating heart model journal of biomedical optics 15 doi 10.1117 1.3475960 retrieved december 15 2010 external links edit company website fiber based profilometers and their applications a presentation l industrie qu b coise de la photonique profil industriel retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title novacam technologies & oldid 689388380 categories engineering companies of canadamanufacturing companies of canadainstrument making corporationscompanies based in pointe clairecompanies established in 1997technology companies of canadacanadian brandshidden categories cs1 errors external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 november 2015 at 20 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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