Multispectral digital holographic microscopy with applications in water quality assessment

Farnoud Kazemzadeh; Chao Jin; Mei Yu; Robert Amelard; Shahid Haider; Simarjeet Saini; Monica Emelko; David A. Clausi; Alexander Wong

doi:10.1117/12.2187705

3 September 2015 Multispectral digital holographic microscopy with applications in water quality assessment

Farnoud Kazemzadeh, Chao Jin, Mei Yu, Robert Amelard, Shahid Haider, Simarjeet Saini, Monica Emelko, David A. Clausi, Alexander Wong

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Proceedings Volume 9579, Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization XVIII; 957906 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2187705
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Safe drinking water is essential for human health, yet over a billion people worldwide do not have access to safe drinking water. Due to the presence and accumulation of biological contaminants in natural waters (e.g., pathogens and neuro-, hepato-, and cytotoxins associated with algal blooms) remain a critical challenge in the provision of safe drinking water globally. It is not financially feasible and practical to monitor and quantify water quality frequently enough to identify the potential health risk due to contamination, especially in developing countries. We propose a low-cost, small-profile multispectral (MS) system based on Digital Holographic Microscopy (DHM) and investigate methods for rapidly capturing holographic data of natural water samples. We have developed a test-bed for an MSDHM instrument to produce and capture holographic data of the sample at different wavelengths in the visible and the near Infra-red spectral region, allowing for resolution improvement in the reconstructed images. Additionally, we have developed high-speed statistical signal processing and analysis techniques to facilitate rapid reconstruction and assessment of the MS holographic data being captured by the MSDHM instrument. The proposed system is used to examine cyanobacteria as well as Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts which remain important and difficult to treat microbiological contaminants that must be addressed for the provision of safe drinking water globally.

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Farnoud Kazemzadeh, Chao Jin, Mei Yu, Robert Amelard, Shahid Haider, Simarjeet Saini, Monica Emelko, David A. Clausi, and Alexander Wong "Multispectral digital holographic microscopy with applications in water quality assessment", Proc. SPIE 9579, Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization XVIII, 957906 (3 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2187705

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