(Advantest Corp.: Santa Clara, CA) -- Advantest Corp. announces that it has successfully commercialized a new 3-D imaging analysis system, the TAS7000, which utilizes Advantest’s proprietary terahertz wave technology to perform nondestructive scans of targeted sample materials and deliver 3-D visualization of results.

The TAS7000 revolutionizes spectroscopic analysis with its ability to perform structural, chemical, and quantitative distribution scans. This technology makes possible new methods of analysis and inspection, not only in the industrial arena, but also in pharmaceuticals, a field where analysis is set to grow more and more complex in the future, and also in the food and biotechnology arenas. The system is initially being marketed to the automotive and heavy equipment industries, where it offers significant advantages for evaluating particulate matter (PM) in emissions from diesel engines.

Further details will be made available at the SAE 2010 World Congress, to be held in Detroit, on April 13—15, and at the Automotive Engineering Exposition 2010, to be held in Yokohama, Japan, May 19—21.

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