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Marco Marsan1, Massimiliano Lucidi1, Francesco Pudda1
1Engineering Department, University Roma Tre, via Vito Volterra 62, 00146 Rome, Italy.
Abstract:
A geometrical-optics approach is proposed to increase the accuracy in photometric measurements, using a point-of-care testing (POCT) LED-based sensor. Due to stray-light effects, the measurement accuracy depends on the dimension of the CMOS area, where the radiation is detected. We propose two image processing approaches and evaluate the influence of the sensor area. In addition, we demonstrate that with the same measurement, both absorption coefficient and refractive index can be determined, measuring the beam attenuation and the spot-size enlargement due to ray refraction.
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