Asbestos concentration measurement using differential interference contrast microscopy

Iuliia Zarubiieva, Ji Sok Lee, Gi Byoung Hwang, Gwi Nam Bae, Jae Cheol Shin, Doo Gun Kim, Taik Jin Lee, Hyuk Jae Lee, Deok Ha Woo, Seok Lee, Myoung Ock Cho, Jung Kyung Kim, Seong Chan Jun, Jae Hun Kim

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Abstract

We designed a new method for imaging and counting the concentration of asbestos fibers. In current research, we combined the principle of Differential Interference Contrast (DIC) microscopy with imaging program for counting their concentration automatically.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTechnical Digest - 2012 17th Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, OECC 2012
Pages594-595
Number of pages2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Event2012 17th Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, OECC 2012 - Busan, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 2012 Jul 22012 Jul 6

Publication series

NameTechnical Digest - 2012 17th Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, OECC 2012

Other

Other2012 17th Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, OECC 2012
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityBusan
Period12/7/212/7/6

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We would like to thank all patients and their families, for participating in this study; Nurten Akarsu, Alessandra Maugheri, Elaine de Castro, David Hanna, and Markus Preising, for sample collection, sample preparation, and logistics; and Sigrun Klessinger and Hermann Krastel, for initial referral of patients. We also thank Francis Futterman and Elisabetta Luchetta, for promoting information about and research on achromatopsia and for logistic help, and Dimitri Tränkner, Reinhard Seifert, U. Benjamin Kaupp, and Klaus Benndorff, for helpful discussions on the physiology and biophysics of CNG channels. We kindly acknowledge the provision of filters of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory chromosome 2 PAC library and pools of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute PAC libraries through the Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Center, Hinxton, United Kingdom. This work was supported by a grant of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research, and Technology (Fö. 01KS9602) and the Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research, Tübingen, (to L.T.S.) and grants of the Deutsche Forschungsmeinschaft (SFB430/A5) and the fortüne research program (grant 583) of the Medical Faculty of the Tübingen University (to B.W.).

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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