Title :
Principal component analysis incorporating excitation, emission, and lifetime data of fluorescent bio-eerosols1
Author :
Trepagnier, Pierre C. ; Henshaw, Philip D. ; Dillon, Robert F. ; Mansfield, James R. ; Alburty, David S.
Author_Institution :
SPARTA, Inc., Billerica, MA
Abstract :
We describe a principal component analysis (PCA) of bio-aerosols which incorporates both fluorescence excitation-emission data over the excitation range 210 nm - 600 nm and lifetime data. The analysis suggests a useful separation metric based on spectral angle.
Keywords :
aerosols; biohazards; fluorescence; principal component analysis; spectrochemical analysis; fluorescence excitation-emission data; fluorescent bio-eerosols; lifetime data; principal component analysis; spectral angle; wavelength 210 nm to 600 nm; Aerosols; Biomedical optical imaging; Biosensors; Data analysis; Fluorescence; Instruments; Laboratories; Optical sensors; Principal component analysis; XML; (300.6280) Spectroscopy, fluorescence and luminescence;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628861
