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SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHM FOR SCHLIEREN EFFECT CORRECTION IN FLOW ANALYSIS

2001

Due to the radial refractive index gradients that sometimes develop in flow cells during the travelling of the samples through them, the absorbance records obtained in such conditions have a strange shape, particularly at low analyte levels. To correct this phenomenon, called Schlieren effect, a simple and reliable signal processing algorithm is described in correlation to the detector characteristics of noise. The algorithm is illustrated in nitrite and nitrate determinations with proflavin from more real samples. It has a solid theoretical support and involves the subtraction from the sample records of a smoothed signal, acquired by working with a blank solution.

AnalyteSignal processingNoise (signal processing)business.industryChemistryBiochemistry (medical)Clinical BiochemistryDetectorSubtractionMineralogyBiochemistryBlankSignalAnalytical ChemistryOpticsSchlierenElectrochemistrybusinessSpectroscopyAnalytical Letters
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Optical quality comparison among different Boston contact lens materials.

2014

BACKGROUND The aim was to assess the optical quality of four Boston contact lens materials with an optical device based on Schlieren interferometry. METHODS The NIMO TR1504 (Lambda-X, Nivelles, Belgium) was used to measure higher-order aberrations and their corresponding root mean square values of four different rigid gas permeable contact lenses made from four different Boston materials: EO, ES, XO and XO2 . For each lens, 30 measurements were performed with two optical apertures: 3.0 mm and 6.0 mm. The modulation transfer function, point spread function, Strehl ratio and a simulation of the image provided by the lens were computed from the Zernike coefficients measured up to the fourth or…

Materials sciencebusiness.industryApertureContact LensesStrehl ratio02 engineering and technology021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologylaw.inventionRoot mean squareContact lensLens (optics)03 medical and health sciencesOphthalmologyInterferometry0302 clinical medicineOpticslawSchlierenOptical transfer function030221 ophthalmology & optometry0210 nano-technologybusinessOptometryClinicalexperimental optometry
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