IMAGE RECOGNITION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE

摘要

A method of analyzing bubbles, cells, cell viability, or other particles or agglomerates in a process liquid contained in a vessel is provided Images of bubbles, cells or other particles in the liquid are obtained in-situ with a vision probe extending through a wall of the vessel where they are analyzed with image recognition software The software measures at lease one of bubble, cell or particle size, mean diameter, surface area, flow rate, flow pattern, population distribution, viability, agglomerates or clumping, color change, viscosity, Sauter mean, ratio of surface area of bubbles relative to volume of bubbles, gas hold-up ratio of gas volume to volume of liquid, or interfacial area and distinguishes valid or viable bubbles, cells or particles that should be included in an analysis from the excluded invalid or non-viable The software can be configured to provide pre-set size and shape or viability parametric analysis