Chalcogenide glasses are widely used as sensitive membranes in the chemical sensors for heavy metal ions detection. The lack of research work on sodium ion-selective electrodes (Na+-ISEs) based on chalcogenide glasses is due to the high hygroscopicit...
Since tiny optical glass is the key component in various optical instruments, more and more researchers have paid attention to automatic defect detection on tiny optical glass in recent years. It remains a challenging problem, as the defects are extr...
The detection of mirrors and glass, which possess unique optical surface properties, has garnered significant attention in recent years. Due to their reflective and transparent nature, these surfaces are often difficult to distinguish from their surr...
Creating an accurate awareness of the environment using laser scanners is a major challenge in robotics and auto industries. LiDAR (light detection and ranging) is a powerful laser scanner that provides a detailed map of the environment. However, eff...
To address the technical challenge of identifying tiny defects, especially dust and point defects, on mobile phone flat glass, an automatic optical inspection system is established. The system investigates algorithms including imaging principles, tar...
Defect detection in transparent materials typically relies on specific lighting conditions. However, through our work on defect detection for aircraft glass canopies, we found that using a single lighting condition often led to missed or false detect...
Glass-insulated terminals (GITs) are widely used in high-reliability microelectronic systems, where glass fall-offs in the sealing region may seriously degrade the reliability of the microelectronic component and further degrade the device reliabilit...
In recent years, glass has been a largely used material for load-bearing or non-structural components in buildings and constructions. For this reason, dedicated calculation methods and approaches are required for the major loading and boundary condit...
In industrial production, defect detection for automotive headlight lenses is an essential yet challenging task. Transparent glass defect detection faces several difficulties, including a wide variety of defect shapes and sizes, as well as the challe...
A glass-diaphragm microphone was developed based on fiber-optic Fabry-Perot (FP) interferometry. The glass diaphragm was shaped into a wheel-like structure on a 150-μm-thick glass sheet by laser cutting, which consists of a glass disc connected to...
To address the problem of the quantitative identification of glass panel surface defects, a new method combining the chaotic simulated annealing particle swarm algorithm (CSAPSO) and the BP neural network is proposed for the quantitative evaluation o...
This review aimed to explore advances in radon detection methods, emphasizing cost-effectiveness and accessible techniques such as CDs, DVDs, and glass-based detectors. In this review, we compared traditional methods like alpha track detectors and co...
During the production of pharmaceutical glass tubes, a machine-vision based inspection system can be utilized to perform the high-quality check required by the process. The necessity to improve detection accuracy, and increase production speed determ...
Defect detection based on machine vision and machine learning techniques has drawn much attention in recent years. Deep learning is very suitable for such segmentation and detection tasks and has become a promising research area. Surface quality insp...
Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is a remote sensing technique that has been successfully applied for the task of damage detection in glass fibre-reinforced plastic (GFRP) materials. Similarly to other vision-based detection methods, one of the drawbacks...
Phosphor in Glass (PiG) is easy to be stirred unevenly during production and processing, and improper use of instruments and other factors lead to defective products. In this paper, we propose an improved YOLOv5 target detection algorithm. Firstly, t...
During an automatic power transmission line inspection, a large number of images are collected by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to detect existing defects in transmission line components, especially insulators. However, with twin insulator strings...
Tb3+-activated LTA zeolite-derived boro-aluminosilicate glass samples with a composition of xTb2O3-68(Na2O-Al2O3-SiO2)–32B2O3 (x = 0.2, 1.0 and 10 extra wt%) were prepared using the melt-quenching method. The emission spectra recorded upon ultr...
Glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody (GADAb) has emerged as a significant biomarker for clinical diagnosis and prognosis in type 1 diabetes (T1D). In this study, we investigated the potential utilization of glass capillary solid-state nanopores as a...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of visual examination (International Caries Detection and Assessment System—ICDAS II), light-emitting diodes (LED) fluorescence (SPECTRA), laser fluorescence (DIAGNODent, DD), photothermal radio...
Proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles presents several challenges due to the unique nature of these small membrane-bound structures. Alternative analyses could reveal outcomes hidden from standard statistics to explore and develop potential ne...
Glass is a common object in living environments, but detecting it can be difficult because of the reflection and refraction of various colors of light in different environments; even humans are sometimes unable to detect glass. Currently, many method...
We applied a digital holographic detection technique to detect the scratches on glass surfaces with scattering noise. In the experiment, scratches with widths of 1.67 µm were generated on the front sides of the glass slides, and three different gray...
Fused silica glass is a critical material in many industries due to its superior physicochemical properties. The detection of subsurface damage (SSD) poses fundamental challenges that directly affect the performance of fused silica glass. The polariz...
The growing aging population suffers from high levels of vision and cognitive impairment, often resulting in a loss of independence. Such individuals must perform crucial everyday tasks such as cooking and heating with systems and devices designed fo...
During the loading process, strain gauges connected to measuring devices are usually used to detect the strains of structural load-bearing members. Nowadays, newer and more sophisticated measurement methods are being developed. One of these involves...
Glass furnaces are a key component of the energy-intensive glass industry. Therefore, optimization of their energy performance is crucial for both economic and environmental sustainability. This study focused on optimizing the performance of an elect...
Drowsiness poses a serious challenge to road safety and various in-cabin sensing technologies have been experimented with to monitor driver alertness. Cameras offer a convenient means for contactless sensing, but they may violate user privacy and req...
A first step towards a microfabricated potentiometric thin-film sensor array for the simultaneous detection of Pb2+, Cd2+ and Cu2+ has been realized. The sensitive layers used are on the basis of chalcogenide glass materials. These thin-film chalcoge...
Lab-on-Chip (LoC) devices for performing real-time PCR are advantageous compared to standard equipment since these systems allow to conduct in-field quick analysis. The development of LoCs, where the components for performing the nucleic acid amplifi...
In the food industry, ensuring product quality is crucial due to potential hazards to consumers. Though metallic contaminants are easily detected, identifying non-metallic ones like wood, plastic, or glass remains challenging and poses health risks....
This research investigated real-time fingertip detection in frames captured from the increasingly popular wearable device, smart glasses. The egocentric-view fingertip detection and character recognition can be used to create a novel way of inputting...
Mercury, a toxic heavy metal produced through both natural and anthropogenic processes, is found in all of Earth’s major systems. Mercury’s bioaccumulation characteristics in the human body have a significant impact on the liver, kidneys,...
A charge detector is a vital component in neutrino and dark matter detection. The integration of a charge collector in the form of flat pads and readout modules has been proposed as an optimization method as it can reduce noise and installation compl...
Individuals suffering from visual impairments and blindness encounter difficulties in moving independently and overcoming various problems in their routine lives. As a solution, artificial intelligence and computer vision approaches facilitate blind...
This study introduces a one-pot colorimetric nucleic acid test (NAT) platform that integrates silver nanoparticle (AgNP)-based DNA isolation and colorimetric detection of bacterial genes. The NAT platform is comprised with purification and reaction u...
In this study, a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate based on high-refractive-index reflective glass beads (HRGBs) was prepared by a facile method and successfully applied to the detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Th...
Determination of the microbial content in foods is important, not only for safe consumption, but also for food quality, value, and yield. A variety of molecular techniques are currently available for both identification and quantification of microbia...
In this work, we demonstrate spectral phase-shift interferometry operating in the near-infrared wavelength range for refractive index (RI) monitoring of fluidic samples in micro-capillaries. A detailed theoretical model was developed to calculate the...
Recycled glass has been the focus of attention owing to its role in reducing plastic waste and further increasing the demand for glass containers. Cosmetics glass bottles require strict quality inspections because of the frequent handling, safety con...
In this paper, the disbond-type defect presented on glass fiber reinforced plastic material is analyzed by refining the guided Lamb wave signals. A segment of wind turbine blade is considered as a test sample. The low-frequency ultrasonic measurement...
Introduction: The study was designed to evaluate the frequency of detection and the characteristics of subsolid nodules (SSNs) in outpatients’ chest computed tomography (CT) scans from a private hospital in Southern Brazil. Methods: A retrospec...
Glass plays a vital role in several fields, making its accurate detection crucial. Proper detection prevents misjudgments, reduces noise from reflections, and ensures optimal performance in other computer vision tasks. However, the prevalent usage of...
This study addresses the challenge of accurately calculating the depth of inclusion defects in Glass Fiber-Reinforced Plastic (GFRP), which is commonly used in onshore wind turbine blades. To overcome this issue, we proposed a novel Excess Surface Te...
The vacuum degree is the key parameter reflecting the quality and performance of vacuum glass. This investigation proposed a novel method, based on digital holography, to detect the vacuum degree of vacuum glass. The detection system was composed of...
Glass fiber-reinforced polymers (GFRPs) have received increasing attention in recent years due to their overall performance of light weight, low cost and corrosion resistance, and they are increasingly used as reinforcement in concrete structures. Ho...
Metallic nanoparticles are considered as active supports in the development of specific chemical or biological biosensors. Well-organized nanoparticles can be prepared either through expensive (e.g., electron beam lithography) or inexpensive (e.g., t...
The present study aimed to investigate the correlation at pre-treatment (TX) between quantitative metrics derived from multimodality imaging (MMI), including 18F-FDG-PET/CT, 18F-FMISO-PET/CT, DW- and DCE-MRI, using a community detection algorithm (CD...
Lab-on-chip are analytical systems which, compared to traditional methods, offer significant reduction of sample, reagent, energy consumption and waste production. Within this framework, we report on the development and testing of an optoelectronic p...
Adhesive bonded structure damage of hidden frame glass curtain wall will cause falling glass, which threatens the security of people and property. Therefore, the damage detection of the adhesive bonded structure of glass curtain wall has great signif...
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