Design Of Hyperspectral Imaging Smartphone Lens Attachment And Application

Abstract

Hyperspectral Imaging is an emerging imaging technique that captures an entire spectrum of light for every pixel in the detector array of the imaging system. Hyperspectral Imaging is now increasingly used in applications such as food safety, drug detection, cancer screening, and environmental analysis. Previously designed systems have historically been very large, non-portable, and expensive. Hellman Optics has filed a patent for a novel approach to enable the capture of hyperspectral image data by creating a simple smartphone lens attachment and application, allowing the benefits of hyperspectral data to enrich the lives of everyday consumers. An in-depth report of the design and testing of this system is contained in this thesis, culminating in the conclusion that the designed system meets specifications to enable the future capture of hyperspectral imaging data.