Hyperspectral imaging based approach
for monitoring of microplastics
from marine environment
Guiseppe Bonifazi,
Roberta Palmieri,
Silvia Serranti,
Cristina Mazziotti,
Carla Rita Ferrari
Kapitel/Beitrag aus dem Buch: Längle, T et al. 2017. OCM 2017 – 3rd International Conference on Optical Characterization of Materials, March 22nd – 23rd, 2017, Karlsruhe, Germany : Conference Proceedings.
The possibility to develop a sensor based procedure
in order to monitor plastic presence in the marine environment
was explored in this work. More in detail, this study was addressed to detect and to recognize different types of microplastics coming from sampling in different sea areas adopting a new
approach, based on HyperSpectral Imaging (HSI) sensors. Moreover, a morphological and morphometrical particle characterization was carried by digital image processing. Morphological and
morphometrical parameters, combined with hyperspectral imaging information, give a full characterization of each investigated
particle, concurring to explain all the transportation, alteration
and degradation phenomena suffered by each different polymer
particle. Obtained results can represent an important starting
point to develop, implement and set up monitor strategies to
characterize marine microplastics. Moreover, the procedure developed in this work is fast, not expensive and reliable, making
its utilization very profitable.