Digital image processing for a new type of chemical separation system

Qiang Song; Ameet Savant; Stephen E. Reichenbach; Edward B. Ledford

doi:10.1117/12.365811

18 October 1999 Digital image processing for a new type of chemical separation system

Qiang Song, Ameet Savant, Stephen E. Reichenbach, Edward B. Ledford

Proceedings Volume 3808, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXII; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.365811
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

A recent advance in the science of chemical separations known as 'comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography,' or GC X GC, routinely separates 2000 chemical species from petroleum derived mixtures such as gasoline and diesel fuels. The separated substances are observed to fall into orderly patterns in a two-dimensional image representative of compound classes and isomeric structures. To interpret these complex images, two procedures are needed. First, the images must be transformed into a standard format that permits facile recognition of chromatographic features. Second, quantitative data must be extracted from designated features. By automating these procedures, it becomes possible to rapidly interpret very complex chemical separations both qualitatively and quantitatively.

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Qiang Song, Ameet Savant, Stephen E. Reichenbach, and Edward B. Ledford "Digital image processing for a new type of chemical separation system", Proc. SPIE 3808, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXII, (18 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.365811

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