an aperture stop in certain embodiments an intelligence module 108 fig1 such as one or more processors is communicably coupled with the detector e g detector 103 the intelligence module 108 is adapted to receive and process signals from the detector e g signals representing or proportional to the detected illumination within the detector 39 s detection bandwidth the intelligence module 108 may also be coupled with the illumination system 106 and scanning mechanism 107 for controlling operation of these systems the intelligence module 108 may automatically process the data and signals as received or it may receive the data and signals store the signals to memory 109 and process subsequently e g in response to a user command an optional display device not shown is provided in certain embodiments to display data representative of various signals and images captured and or processed by the detector and or intelligence module a memory module or device can also be provided to store data and code for use by the intelligence module or for another system for example the memory may store code executable by one or more processors for implementing methods as disclosed herein and or data from the detectors and or processor may be stored thereon the memory may include any non transitory medium such as a ram or rom hard disk or any portable medium such as a dvd or cd all references including publications patent applications and patents cited herein are hereby incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each reference were individually and specifically indicated to be incorporated by.