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Supporting Visualization Analysis in Industrial Process Tomography by Using Augmented Reality—A Case Study of an Industrial Microwave Drying System †
Industrial process tomography (IPT) based process control is an advisable approach in industrial heating processes for improving system efficiency and quality. When using it, appropriate dataflow pipelines and visualizations are key for domain users to implement precise data acquisition and analysis...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8512486/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34640833 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21196515 |
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author | Zhang, Yuchong Omrani, Adel Yadav, Rahul Fjeld, Morten |
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description | Industrial process tomography (IPT) based process control is an advisable approach in industrial heating processes for improving system efficiency and quality. When using it, appropriate dataflow pipelines and visualizations are key for domain users to implement precise data acquisition and analysis. In this article, we propose a complete data processing and visualizing workflow regarding a specific case—microwave tomography (MWT) controlled industrial microwave drying system. Furthermore, we present the up-to-date augmented reality (AR) technique to support the corresponding data visualization and on-site analysis. As a pioneering study of using AR to benefit IPT systems, the proposed AR module provides straightforward and comprehensible visualizations pertaining to the process data to the related users. Inside the dataflow of the case, a time reversal imaging algorithm, a post-imaging segmentation, and a volumetric visualization module are included. For the time reversal algorithm, we exhaustively introduce each step for MWT image reconstruction and then present the simulated results. For the post-imaging segmentation, an automatic tomographic segmentation algorithm is utilized to reveal the significant information contained in the reconstructed images. For volumetric visualization, the 3D generated information is displayed. Finally, the proposed AR system is integrated with the on-going process data, including reconstructed, segmented, and volumetric images, which are used for facilitating interactive on-site data analysis for domain users. The central part of the AR system is implemented by a mobile app that is currently supported on iOS/Android platforms. |
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spelling | pubmed-85124862021-10-14 Supporting Visualization Analysis in Industrial Process Tomography by Using Augmented Reality—A Case Study of an Industrial Microwave Drying System † Zhang, Yuchong Omrani, Adel Yadav, Rahul Fjeld, Morten Sensors (Basel) Article Industrial process tomography (IPT) based process control is an advisable approach in industrial heating processes for improving system efficiency and quality. When using it, appropriate dataflow pipelines and visualizations are key for domain users to implement precise data acquisition and analysis. In this article, we propose a complete data processing and visualizing workflow regarding a specific case—microwave tomography (MWT) controlled industrial microwave drying system. Furthermore, we present the up-to-date augmented reality (AR) technique to support the corresponding data visualization and on-site analysis. As a pioneering study of using AR to benefit IPT systems, the proposed AR module provides straightforward and comprehensible visualizations pertaining to the process data to the related users. Inside the dataflow of the case, a time reversal imaging algorithm, a post-imaging segmentation, and a volumetric visualization module are included. For the time reversal algorithm, we exhaustively introduce each step for MWT image reconstruction and then present the simulated results. For the post-imaging segmentation, an automatic tomographic segmentation algorithm is utilized to reveal the significant information contained in the reconstructed images. For volumetric visualization, the 3D generated information is displayed. Finally, the proposed AR system is integrated with the on-going process data, including reconstructed, segmented, and volumetric images, which are used for facilitating interactive on-site data analysis for domain users. The central part of the AR system is implemented by a mobile app that is currently supported on iOS/Android platforms. MDPI 2021-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8512486/ /pubmed/34640833 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21196515 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Zhang, Yuchong Omrani, Adel Yadav, Rahul Fjeld, Morten Supporting Visualization Analysis in Industrial Process Tomography by Using Augmented Reality—A Case Study of an Industrial Microwave Drying System † |
title | Supporting Visualization Analysis in Industrial Process Tomography by Using Augmented Reality—A Case Study of an Industrial Microwave Drying System † |
title_full | Supporting Visualization Analysis in Industrial Process Tomography by Using Augmented Reality—A Case Study of an Industrial Microwave Drying System † |
title_fullStr | Supporting Visualization Analysis in Industrial Process Tomography by Using Augmented Reality—A Case Study of an Industrial Microwave Drying System † |
title_full_unstemmed | Supporting Visualization Analysis in Industrial Process Tomography by Using Augmented Reality—A Case Study of an Industrial Microwave Drying System † |
title_short | Supporting Visualization Analysis in Industrial Process Tomography by Using Augmented Reality—A Case Study of an Industrial Microwave Drying System † |
title_sort | supporting visualization analysis in industrial process tomography by using augmented reality—a case study of an industrial microwave drying system † |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8512486/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34640833 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21196515 |
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