Characterization of Microdroplets through Image Processing: A Reinterpretation in Java

Abstract

 Computer Graphics and Image Processing are two areas that have stood out in the current scenario due to the considerable growth in technological applications, which has allowed the resolution of increasingly complex problems. In a simplified view, computer graphics (CG) seeks photorealistic images of computer-generated three-dimensional scenes, while digital image processing (PDI) attempts to reconstruct a three-dimensional scene from a real image obtained through a camera. In this sense, PDI seeks an opposite procedure to CG, analysis instead of synthesis, but both areas act on the same knowledge, which includes, among other aspects, the interaction between lighting and objects and projections of a three-dimensional scene in an image plane. The article aims to re-read a program developed for the treatment of digital images acquired using the Direct Laminar Incidence (DLI) technique developed for the quantification and characterization of microdroplets arising from nebulizer mist, for this purpose the program will be transcribed for the JAVA language, as it is a more widespread and easier to understand computational language today (DOUGLAS A. LYON, 1999). It is expected that the new program can be used on other platforms, which previously would not have been possible due to it being in MATLAB.