Simultaneous location and size measurement of particles using extended glare-point imaging technique.

Interferometric particle imaging (IPI) is a robust and popular technique for measuring particle size and velocity. A method based on a template matching algorithm and an auto-correlation method is proposed to simultaneously extract the location and the separation of doublet images of a particle from an IPI focused image. The position coordinate (x,y) of the particle can be determined with high accuracy, as evaluated by using a serial particle mask. Furthermore, the method can be employed to achieve sub-pixel spacing extraction when combined with Gaussian interpolation. The algorithm is tested using synthetic and experimental data. The results suggest that the method presented here is promising for its application to a high-density particle field, in accurately measuring both the particle size and its location.

High-accuracy simultaneous measurement of particle size and location using interferometric out-of-focus imaging.

A method based on unidirectional gradient-matched algorithm and Fourier transform technique is proposed to simultaneously extract the location and the number of fringes/fringe spacing of a particle interferogram. The position coordinate (x,y) of a particle can be determined with high accuracy because of the elimination of the fringe within the particle fringe pattern. Furthermore, the method can be employed to achieve sub-pixel frequency extraction when combined with an improved Rife algorithm. The performance of the method has been verified by numerical simulations and experimental measurements. The results suggest that the method presented here is highly beneficial to applications such as spray, in accurately measuring both the particle size and its location.