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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Air Pollution Detection Using a Novel Snap-Shot Hyperspectral Imaging Technique.

Arvind Mukundan, Chia-Cheng Huang, Ting-Chun Men, Fen-Chi Lin, Hsiang-Chen Wang

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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 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Arvind MukundanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Institute of Manufacturing with High Tech Innovations (AIM-HI), Center for Innovative Research on Aging Society (CIRAS), National Chung Cheng University, 168, University Rd., Min Hsiung, Chiayi City 62102, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-7741-3722
Chia-Cheng HuangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Institute of Manufacturing with High Tech Innovations (AIM-HI), Center for Innovative Research on Aging Society (CIRAS), National Chung Cheng University, 168, University Rd., Min Hsiung, Chiayi City 62102, Taiwan.
Ting-Chun MenDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Institute of Manufacturing with High Tech Innovations (AIM-HI), Center for Innovative Research on Aging Society (CIRAS), National Chung Cheng University, 168, University Rd., Min Hsiung, Chiayi City 62102, Taiwan.
Fen-Chi LinOphthalmology, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, 2, Zhongzheng 1st. Rd., Lingya District, Kaohsiung City 80284, Taiwan.
Hsiang-Chen WangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Institute of Manufacturing with High Tech Innovations (AIM-HI), Center for Innovative Research on Aging Society (CIRAS), National Chung Cheng University, 168, University Rd., Min Hsiung, Chiayi City 62102, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-4107-2062

Funding

Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital 106-018Ministry of Science and Technology 111-2221-E-194-007Ministry of Science and Technology MOST 110-2634-F-194-006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Air pollution has emerged as a global problem in recent years. Particularly, particulate matter (PM2.5) with a diameter of less than 2.5 μm can move through the air and transfer dangerous compounds to the lungs through human breathing, thereby creating major health issues. This research proposes a large-scale, low-cost solution for detecting air pollution by combining hyperspectral imaging (HSI) technology and deep learning techniques. By modeling the visible-light HSI technology of the aerial camera, the image acquired by the drone camera is endowed with hyperspectral information. Two methods are used for the classification of the images. That is, 3D Convolutional Neural Network Auto Encoder and principal components analysis (PCA) are paired with VGG-16 (Visual Geometry Group) to find the optical properties of air pollution. The images are classified into good, moderate, and severe based on the concentration of PM2.5 particles in the images. The results suggest that the PCA + VGG-16 has the highest average classification accuracy of 85.93%.

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Air PollutionHyperspectral ImagingHumansNeural Networks, ComputerParticulate MatterPrincipal Component AnalysisParticulate Matter3D convolutional neural networkair pollutionauto encodingdeep neural networkhyperspectral imaging technologyPM2.5

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PMID36015992
PMCPMC9416790

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