Enhanced photon-migration methods for particle sizing in concentrated suspensions
US6480276B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 13, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N15/075
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining particle size distribution in undiluted suspensions using spectral measurements of transport-scattering co-efficients using continuous photon-migration techniques is provided. Particle size distribution for concentrated suspensions is determined by a regularized inverse algorithm and may be obtained without a priori distribution function assumptions.
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