Non-invasive determination of the optical properties of the human head using a neural network

Author(s):  
Marion Jäger ◽  
Alwin Kienle
Author(s):  
Marion Jäger ◽  
André Liemert ◽  
Florian Foschum ◽  
Alwin Kienle

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Jäger ◽  
André Liemert ◽  
Florian Foschum ◽  
Alwin Kienle

Measurement ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 185 ◽  
pp. 110050
Author(s):  
M. Borecki ◽  
A. Rychlik ◽  
O. Vrublevskyi ◽  
A. Olejnik ◽  
M.L. Korwin-Pawlowski

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (17) ◽  
pp. 6417-6427 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Cazorla ◽  
J. E. Shields ◽  
M. E. Karr ◽  
F. J. Olmo ◽  
A. Burden ◽  
...  

Abstract. The calibrated ground-based sky imager developed in the Marine Physical Laboratory, the Whole Sky Imager (WSI), has been tested with data from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) at the Southern Great Plain site (SGP) to determine optical properties of the atmospheric aerosol. Different neural network-based models calculate the aerosol optical depth (AOD) for three wavelengths using the radiance extracted from the principal plane of sky images from the WSI as input parameters. The models use data from a CIMEL CE318 photometer for training and validation and the wavelengths used correspond to the closest wavelengths in both instruments. The spectral dependency of the AOD, characterized by the Ångström exponent α in the interval 440–870 nm, is also derived using the standard AERONET procedure and also with a neural network-based model using the values obtained with a CIMEL CE318. The deviations between the WSI derived AOD and the AOD retrieved by AERONET are within the nominal uncertainty assigned to the AERONET AOD calculation (±0.01), in 80% of the cases. The explanation of data variance by the model is over 92% in all cases. In the case of α, the deviation is within the uncertainty assigned to the AERONET α (±0.1) in 50% of the cases for the standard method and 84% for the neural network-based model. The explanation of data variance by the model is 63% for the standard method and 77% for the neural network-based model.


2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moritz Späth ◽  
Maximilian Rohde ◽  
Dongqin Ni ◽  
Ferdinand Knieling ◽  
Florian Stelzle ◽  
...  

AbstractVarious clinically applicable scores and indices are available to help identify the state of a microcirculatory disorder in a patient. Several of these methods, however, leave room for interpretation and only provide clues for diagnosis. Thus, a measurement method that allows a reliable detection of impending or manifest circulatory malfunctions would be of great value. In this context, the optical and non-invasive method of shifted position-diffuse reflectance imaging (SP-DRI) was developed. It allows to determine the capillary diameter and thus to assess the state of the microcirculation. The aim of the present study is to investigate how the quantification of capillary diameters by SP-DRI behaves in different individuals, i.e. for a wide range of optical properties. For this, within Monte-Carlo simulations all optical properties (seven skin layers, hemoglobin) were randomly varied following a Gaussian distribution. An important finding from the present investigation is that SP-DRI works when the optical properties are chosen randomly. Furthermore, it is shown that appropriate data analysis allows calibration-free absolute quantification of the capillary diameter across individuals using SP-DRI. This underpins the potential of SP-DRI to serve as an early alert system for the onset of microcirculatory associated diseases.


1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Farrell ◽  
Michael S. Patterson ◽  
Joseph E. Hayward ◽  
Brian C. Wilson ◽  
Elsa R. Beck

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