Development of Automatic 3D Blood Vessel Search and Automatic Blood Sampling System by Using Hybrid Stereo-Autofocus Method

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<table>Stereo images and luminance distributions obtained using two cameras, wavelength of 870 nm.</table>

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Figure 9: Development of Automatic 3D Blood Vessel Search and Automatic Blood Sampling System by Using Hybrid Stereo-Autofocus Method 