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Scanning images of pictures and documents is a relatively new
technology. Medical scanners, such as X-ray machines have been around
much longer. Scan technology is still in its early stages with many new
applications still to be developed. |
"Please don't retype that report - scan it!" is something bosses have
been able to say for a number of years now. Together with email and word
processors, OCR scanners have saved countless of secretary hours. |
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Image scanners come in all shapes and sizes from photo-scanners to A1
poster sizes and bigger. The quality - resolution - has also vastly
improved over the past five years. |
Relatively new in the scanning industry are 3D scanners. These can scan
an object in three dimensions, giving information and detail not
possible before. |
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An important application of scanning technology, medical scanners can be
found around the world in hospitals and clinics, helping to diagnose all
kinds of illnesses.
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