Exploring the precision of backlight optical imaging in microfluidics close to the diffraction limit

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1300-1311

  Vega, E J ^a   Montanero, J M ^a   Ferrera, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Free surface dynamics; Image analysis; Liquid film; Microfluidics; Optical imaging

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY WAVE; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; ELECTROSPRAYS; EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION; FLOW FOCUSING; FREE SURFACES; FREE-SURFACE DYNAMICS; GAS STREAMS; INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA; LOCAL MEAN; MICRO-JET; OPTICAL IMAGING; PROCESSED IMAGES; QUANTITATIVE VALIDATION; THEORETICAL VALUES; YOUNG LAPLACE EQUATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LAPLACE EQUATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID FILMS; MICROFLUIDICS; SURFACES;

OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE;

EID: 79957843026     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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