The network's profileNEMO-VisQuaNet® - The United Vision Net is a network of competence specializing in visual quality assurance with digital image processing for research, industry, government and the healthcare sector in the innovative field of optical technologies. It is based in the Jena-Erfurt-Ilmenau innovation and growth region in Thuringia, Germany: www.visquanet.de. The network was founded on September 1, 2004 as part of the "Netzwerkmanagement-Ost (NEMO)" program set up by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi).