Multispectral Imaging and Its Applications in Textile Industry and Related Fields

The requirements of a multispectral imaging system are illuminated from an industrial point of view. Multispectral imaging finds its applications in the four basic fields archiving, faithful color image reproduction, color image communication, and color measurements. Example applications usually cover two or more of these four basic fields. They show the real need for multispectral imaging systems and the potential to reduce several color related problems to a minimum. Certain aspects influence the design of a multispectral imaging system. It must be stable, fast, easy to use, and safe against user mistakes. Multispectral images must be selfcontained and need to be stored with varying levels of accuracy. Moreover, the lack of spectral output devices gets evident as the accuracy of the rendered multispectral images achieves a certain level.