Automated droplet measurement (ADM): an enhanced video processing software for rapid droplet measurements

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Chong, Zhuang Zhi ^a   Tor, Shu Beng ^a   Gañán Calvo, Alfonso M ^c   Chong, Zhuang Jie ^d   Loh, Ngiap Hiang ^a   Nguyen, Nam Trung ^b   Tan, Say Hwa ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^d SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Automated measurement; Droplet measurement; OpenCV; Video processing

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CAMERAS; DATA TRANSFER; DIGITAL STORAGE; DROPS; IMAGE PROCESSING; SOFTWARE DESIGN; VIDEO CAMERAS;

AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT; DROPLET-BASED MICROFLUIDICS; IMAGE PROCESSING LIBRARIES; OPENCV; SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT; VIDEO PROCESSING; VIDEO PROCESSING SOFTWARE;

VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84962743470     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-016-1722-5     Document Type: Article

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