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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Calibration Alignment Sensitivity in Corneal Terahertz Imaging.

Faezeh Zarrinkhat, Mariangela Baggio, Joel Lamberg, Aleksi Tamminen, Irina Nefedova, Juha Ala-Laurinaho, Elsayed E M Khaled, Juan M Rius, Jordi Romeu, Zachary Taylor

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Faezeh ZarrinkhatCommSensLab, Technical University of Catalonia/UPC, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1500-2642
Mariangela BaggioDepartment of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Millilab, Aalto University, 02150 Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-7221-6773
Joel LambergDepartment of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Millilab, Aalto University, 02150 Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-9956-912X
Aleksi TamminenDepartment of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Millilab, Aalto University, 02150 Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-2595-5677
Irina NefedovaDepartment of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Millilab, Aalto University, 02150 Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-3578-8972
Juha Ala-LaurinahoDepartment of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Millilab, Aalto University, 02150 Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-2251-5350
Elsayed E M KhaledDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut 71515, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-3991-9359
Juan M RiusCommSensLab, Technical University of Catalonia/UPC, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0606-5422
Jordi RomeuCommSensLab, Technical University of Catalonia/UPC, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0197-5961
Zachary TaylorDepartment of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Millilab, Aalto University, 02150 Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-9399-5294
Aalto University · FIUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya · ESHigher Institute of Engineering · EG

Funding

Academy of Finland 327640Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2019-107885GB-C31/AEI/10.13039, PRE2018-084326
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Improving the longitudinal modes coupling in layered spherical structure contributes significantly to corneal terahertz sensing, which plays a crucial role in the early diagnosis of cornea dystrophies. Using a steel sphere to calibrate reflection from the cornea sample assists in enhancing the resolution of longitudinal modes. The requirement and challenges toward applying the calibration sphere are introduced and addressed. Six corneas with different properties are spotted to study the effect of perturbations in the calibration sphere in a frequency range from 100 GHz to 600 GHz. A particle-swarm optimization algorithm is employed to quantify corneal characteristics considering cases of accurately calibrated and perturbed calibrated scenarios. For the first case, the study is carried out with signal-to-noise values of 40 dB, 50 dB and 60 dB at waveguide bands WR-5.1, WR-3.4, and WR-2.2. As expected, better estimation is achieved in high-SNR cases. Furthermore, the lower waveguide band is revealed as the most proper band for the assessment of corneal features. For perturbed cases, the analysis is continued for the noise level of 60 dB in the three waveguide bands. Consequently, the error in the estimation of corneal properties rises significantly (around 30%).

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Terahertz ImagingAlgorithmsCalibrationCorneaRefraction, Ocularcorneaparticle-swarm optimizationterahertz

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PMID35590925
PMCPMC9105978
OpenAlexW4224314682

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