A Fast Bubble Detection Method in Microtubes Based on Pulsed Ultrasound

In the process of biological microfluidic manipulation, the bubbles generated in the tube will seriously reduce the gauging accuracy. This paper introduces an improving method that can estimate the size of microbubbles in real time. Hence, the measurement data of the liquid volume can be modified ac...

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Autores principales: Yiqing Li, Junwu Wu, Leijie Fu, Jinju Wang
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Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/2605cf74a1cd499b81333dfe26654b83
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Sumario:In the process of biological microfluidic manipulation, the bubbles generated in the tube will seriously reduce the gauging accuracy. This paper introduces an improving method that can estimate the size of microbubbles in real time. Hence, the measurement data of the liquid volume can be modified according to this method. A microbubble detector based on the pulsed-ultrasound method was studied, including the device structure and the working principle. The assessment formula of the microbubbles in the tube was derived from the simulation results, which adopted the two-phase theory. The digital image processing method was applied to fulfill the microbubble calibration. This detection method was applied to measure the microbubbles in the tube and to modify the flow volume in a timely manner. The results of the experiments showed that this method is effective at improving the microflow gauging accuracy.