1A2-D03 Development of a Polarized Microscpic Image Management System for Supporting Asbestos Qualitative Analysis utilizing Dispersion Staining

Abstract

This paper describes to develop an automated polarized microscopic imaging system for supporting asbestos qualitative analysis. Dispersion staining is a visual observation method and it is done as that the experts count all particles in the view of the microscope and also the number of the fibrous asbestos fibres. For supporting this work, we are developing an automated system to ease the experts' burden for efficient observation. The system takes the images by the microscope with automated polarizer and registers them on the database via on-line process. A prototype system is developed and the experimental result is also discussed.