A Cost-Effective In Situ Zooplankton Monitoring System Based on Novel Illumination Optimization

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 20; no. 12; p. 3471
• Main Authors: Du, Zhiqiang, Xia, Chunlei, Fu, Longwen, Zhang, Nan, Li, Bowei, Song, Jinming, Chen, Lingxin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 19.06.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Algorithms; Animals; Cost-Benefit Analysis; dark-field imaging; Design; Digital cameras; genetic algorithm; illumination optimization; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Investigations; Light emitting diodes; Lighting; microscopic imaging; Plankton; Sensors; Zooplankton; zooplankton monitoring; genetic algorithm; illumination optimization; microscopic imaging; zooplankton monitoring; dark-field imaging

A cost-effective and low-power-consumption underwater microscopic imaging system was developed to capture high-resolution zooplankton images in real-time. In this work, dark-field imaging was adopted to reduce backscattering and background noise. To produce an accurate illumination, a novel illumina...