Scanning with a hand-held 3D scanner accommodates for slight movements, but the geometric detail you would get from an affordable scanner is a lot less than with photogrammetry. For comparable details, you will have to invest in a professional hand-held scanner like those from Artec or Creaform.
Growth opportunities in healthcare are hard to come by without significant investment, but artificial intelligence (AI) is a self-running engine for growth in healthcare. According to Accenture analysis, when combined, key clinical health AI applications can potentially create $150 billion in annual savings for the US healthcare economy by 2026.
AI in health represents a collection of multiple technologies enabling machines to sense, comprehend, act and learn1 so they can perform administrative and clinical healthcare functions. Unlike legacy technologies that are only algorithms/ tools that complement a human, health AI today can truly augment human activity.
With immense power to unleash improvements in cost, quality and access, AI is exploding in popularity. Growth in the AI health market is expected to reach $6.6 billion by 2021—that’s a compound annual growth rate of 40 percent. In just the next five years, the health AI market will grow more than 10x2.
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1 Accenture; “AI is the Future of Growth”
2 Frost & Sullivan
2 Frost & Sullivan
Speed, accuracy and performance in one powerful system
“We are using the HDI Advance scanner almost every day, and having it here makes a huge difference in timing. We compared the resolution and accuracy on 10 parts that we recently had scanned by a service company using a $300K white light scanning system and got identical results.”
Walter ZimbeckManager, Ceramic Micro Devices GroupTechnology Assessment & Transfer, Inc.HDI 3D Scanners
Superior 3D scan data at an unmatched price
The HDI 3D scanners from Polyga offer advanced 3D scanning at a fraction of the cost of comparable systems built for industrial grade quality and geometry. The systems deliver amazing high resolution 3D images, also known as scan data, from physical objects. The scan data contains the 3D measurements of the scanned part. This information is useful across various industrial applications including 3D visualization, reverse engineering, computer-aided design, quality inspection, and 3D printing.
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HDI Advance
Versatile scanning solution
for parts varying in size
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HDI Compact Series
Compact 3D scanner
in an easy-to-use package
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HDI Carbon
Flexible performance and portability
in one sleek solution
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Valuable Across Industry Applications
With the scanner’s ability to capture 3D measurements ranging from industrial parts, manufactured products, cultural artifacts, dental molds, and even people (face and body scanning), this versatile solution is currently being used in many industries including:
Arts and Entertainment
Computer graphics
for movies, animation, and gamingMedical
Custom products
including orthotics/braces/masksManufacturing
Reverse engineering, quality inspection, additive manufacturingResearch
Scientific measurement
Comparative studies
Optimize the 3D scanning process
FlexScan3D is the scanner control software that powers the HDI 3D scanners. With an intuitive user-friendly interface, the software takes you through every step of the scanning process from 3D capture to post-processing of 3D scan data.
Scan Target
3D Geometry Acquisition
Step 1
The scanner directs a series of reference patterns onto an object. The light deflects onto the object’s surface. The scanner captures these images to calculate the object’s depth and surface information.
Step 2
FlexScan3D processes the images to acquire the data needed to create a 3D scans. Automated 3D capture drastically reduces the time and cost in capturing complex physical measurements. Rotate the object and take scans of all sides.
Post-Processing Scan Data
Step 3
Clean up scan data and stitch individual scans into a full digital 3D model with FlexScan3D’s built-in post-processing capabilities. Once clean up is complete, export the data into standard file formats: PLY, OBJ, STL, ASC, FBX.
Step 4
Consider using reverse engineering software or 3D inspection software for advanced post-processing for specific industry applications, or use the 3D models created in FlexScan3D for 3D visualization or digital archiving.
No Measurement Interference
Using contact measurement devices (calipers and touch probes) to measure parts with complex organic shapes can be a challenge.
The HDI 3D scanner uses structured-light technology to capture the objects into a digital 3D models in high resolution and accuracy without any physical contact.