An Optical Tomography System Using a Digital Signal Processor
The use of a personal computer together with a Data Acquisition System (DAQ) as the processing tool in optical tomography systems has been the norm ever since the beginning of process tomography. However, advancements in silicon fabrication technology allow nowadays the fabrication of powerful Digit...
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| author | Mohd. Hafiz Fazalul Rahiman Chiam Kok Thiam Ruzairi Abdul Rahim |
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| description | The use of a personal computer together with a Data Acquisition System (DAQ) as the processing tool in optical tomography systems has been the norm ever since the beginning of process tomography. However, advancements in silicon fabrication technology allow nowadays the fabrication of powerful Digital Signal Processors (DSP) at a reasonable cost. This allows this technology to be used in an optical tomography system since data acquisition and processing can be performed within the DSP. Thus, the dependency on a personal computer and a DAQ to sample and process the external signals can be reduced or even eliminated. The DSP system was customized to control the data acquisition process of 16x16 optical sensor array, arranged in parallel beam projection. The data collected was used to reconstruct the cross sectional image of the pipeline conveyor. For image display purposes, the reconstructed image was sent to a personal computer via serial communication. This allows the use of a laptop to display the tomogram image besides performing any other offline analysis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef00e675001d4938a4eb6e3bdd204dc32022-12-22T04:00:31ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202008-03-018420822103An Optical Tomography System Using a Digital Signal ProcessorMohd. Hafiz Fazalul RahimanChiam Kok ThiamRuzairi Abdul RahimThe use of a personal computer together with a Data Acquisition System (DAQ) as the processing tool in optical tomography systems has been the norm ever since the beginning of process tomography. However, advancements in silicon fabrication technology allow nowadays the fabrication of powerful Digital Signal Processors (DSP) at a reasonable cost. This allows this technology to be used in an optical tomography system since data acquisition and processing can be performed within the DSP. Thus, the dependency on a personal computer and a DAQ to sample and process the external signals can be reduced or even eliminated. The DSP system was customized to control the data acquisition process of 16x16 optical sensor array, arranged in parallel beam projection. The data collected was used to reconstruct the cross sectional image of the pipeline conveyor. For image display purposes, the reconstructed image was sent to a personal computer via serial communication. This allows the use of a laptop to display the tomogram image besides performing any other offline analysis.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/8/4/2082/Optical tomographydigital signal processorimage reconstruction |
| spellingShingle | Mohd. Hafiz Fazalul Rahiman Chiam Kok Thiam Ruzairi Abdul Rahim An Optical Tomography System Using a Digital Signal Processor Sensors Optical tomography digital signal processor image reconstruction |
| title | An Optical Tomography System Using a Digital Signal Processor |
| title_full | An Optical Tomography System Using a Digital Signal Processor |
| title_fullStr | An Optical Tomography System Using a Digital Signal Processor |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Optical Tomography System Using a Digital Signal Processor |
| title_short | An Optical Tomography System Using a Digital Signal Processor |
| title_sort | optical tomography system using a digital signal processor |
| topic | Optical tomography digital signal processor image reconstruction |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/8/4/2082/ |
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