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Microplastic pollution monitoring with holographic classification and deep learning

This study used digital holographic microscopy combined with deep learning to classify microplastic particles in water samples, achieving high classification accuracy and demonstrating the potential for automated, high-throughput microplastic monitoring.

2021 Journal of Physics Photonics 67 citations
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Digital holographic microplastics detection and characterization in heterogeneous samples via deep learning

Researchers used digital holographic microscopy combined with deep learning to detect and characterize microplastic particles in heterogeneous samples containing algae, microorganisms, and other natural particles. This automated approach could improve the speed and accuracy of environmental microplastic monitoring.

2021 Twelfth International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics 7 citations
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Microplastic Identification via Holographic Imaging and Machine Learning

Researchers combined holographic imaging with machine learning algorithms to automatically identify and classify microplastics in water samples, achieving accurate particle detection without manual microscopy. This automated approach could significantly speed up microplastic monitoring in environmental samples.

2019 Advanced Intelligent Systems 155 citations
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Micro-Objects Classification for Microplastic Pollution Detection using Holographic Images

Researchers developed a machine learning system that uses holographic 3D images to automatically classify microplastics in water samples, distinguishing them from other microscopic particles with high precision. Current microplastic monitoring is slow and labor-intensive, so automated detection tools are essential for large-scale environmental surveillance. This approach could significantly speed up the monitoring of microplastic pollution in aquatic environments.

2024 2 citations
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Automatic Detection of Microplastics by Deep Learning Enabled Digital Holography

Researchers developed a digital holography system combined with deep learning to automatically detect and identify microplastics in water without manual image analysis. The system processes raw holographic images directly, offering a faster and more scalable approach to microplastic monitoring in environmental samples.

2020 Imaging and Applied Optics Congress 12 citations
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Digital holographic imaging and classification of microplastics using deep transfer learning

Researchers developed a digital holographic imaging system combined with deep learning to automatically classify and analyze microplastic particles in water samples. Automated imaging and AI-based identification could significantly speed up and standardize microplastic monitoring, reducing the labor-intensive manual counting currently required.

2020 Applied Optics 58 citations
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Holographic Classifier: Deep Learning in Digital Holography for Automatic Micro-objects Classification

Researchers developed a deep learning system using digital holography to automatically classify micro-objects such as microplastics and pollutant particles without manual image processing. The system achieved fast, accurate identification, offering a promising automated tool for environmental pollution monitoring.

2020 19 citations
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Efficient Microplastic Detection in Water Using ResNet50 and Fluorescence Imaging

Researchers applied a ResNet50 deep learning model to fluorescence microscopy images of water samples, achieving high-accuracy classification of microplastics, demonstrating that deep learning can efficiently automate microplastic identification from microscopy data.

2025
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Enhanced classification of microplastic polymers (polyethylene, polystyrene, low‐density polyethylene, polyhydroxyalkanoate) in waterbodies

Researchers developed a new deep learning model to automatically detect and classify different types of microplastic polymers in water from holographic images. The system combines advanced image segmentation with a vision transformer to identify polyethylene, polystyrene, low-density polyethylene, and polyhydroxyalkanoate particles. The approach aims to improve the speed and accuracy of microplastic monitoring in aquatic environments compared to traditional manual methods.

2024 Polymers for Advanced Technologies 4 citations
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On the use of machine learning for microplastic identification from holographic phase-contrast signatures

This study applied machine learning to identify microplastic types from holographic phase-contrast imaging signatures, achieving rapid automated classification. Automated identification tools are important for scaling up microplastic monitoring in marine waters where manual identification is too slow and labor-intensive.

2023 2 citations
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A Deep Learning Approach for Microplastic Segmentation in Microscopic Images

Researchers developed a deep learning model for automated segmentation and classification of microplastics in microscopic images, identifying five distinct categories including fibers, fragments, spheres, foam, and film. The model achieved high accuracy while maintaining low computational requirements, making it suitable for high-throughput deployment in environmental monitoring. The study offers a tool that could help overcome the measurement bottleneck in microplastic characterization for toxicological and risk assessment studies.

2025 Toxics 1 citations
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Identification of Microplastics Based on the Fractal Properties of Their Holographic Fingerprint

Researchers developed an AI-enabled holographic imaging approach to identify microplastics in water using the fractal properties of their holographic fingerprints, offering a fast, label-free identification method.

2021 ACS Photonics 57 citations
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Encoding Holographic Data Into Synthetic Video Streams for Enhanced Microplastic Detection

Researchers developed a deep learning pipeline for microplastic detection using digital holography, introducing an enhanced dataset (HMPD 2.0) with 24 amplitude and phase channels and a pseudo-RGB compression technique to efficiently detect and classify synthetic microfibers released during laundry washing.

2025 IEEE Access
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Polarization Holographic Imaging for High-throughput Microplastic Analysis

Researchers developed a polarization holography system integrated with deep learning for high-throughput microplastic detection and analysis in aqueous environments. The system enables dynamic, real-time multimodal monitoring of microplastics by leveraging polarization contrast to distinguish particles in liquid samples.

2023 3 citations
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Deep Learning-Based Image Recognition System for Automated Microplastic Detection and Water Pollution Monitoring

This study developed a deep learning image recognition system to automate the detection and classification of microplastics from microscopy images of water samples. The system achieved high accuracy across particle types and sizes, offering a scalable and less labor-intensive alternative to manual microscopy for large-scale water pollution monitoring.

2025 Artificial Intelligence Systems and Its Applications
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Intelligent Digital Holographic systems to counteract microplastic pollution in marine waters

Researchers developed a digital holography system capable of detecting and classifying microplastic particles in seawater in a label-free, high-throughput manner. The system can identify plastic particles that are otherwise invisible to the naked eye and can be adapted for use with microfluidic devices. This technology offers a faster and more compact alternative to traditional microscopy methods for marine microplastic monitoring.

2022 2022 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea) 4 citations
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Innovative methods for microplastic characterization and detection: Deep learning supported by photoacoustic imaging and automated pre-processing data

Researchers developed an innovative method combining photoacoustic imaging with deep learning to rapidly detect and characterize microplastics. The photoacoustic technology captured high-resolution images of diverse microplastic samples, while the neural network automated the classification process. The study demonstrates that this combined approach could enable faster, more accurate microplastic monitoring compared to conventional methods.

2024 Journal of Environmental Management 16 citations
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Deep Learning Approaches for Detection and Classification of Microplastics in Water for Clean Water Management

Researchers applied dual deep learning models (YOLOv8, YOLOv11, and several CNN architectures) to detect and classify microplastics in water, finding that these AI approaches could accurately identify plastic types across both aquatic and non-aquatic datasets.

2025
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Microplastic pollution assessment with digital holography and zero-shot learning

Researchers developed a digital holography system combined with zero-shot machine learning to identify and characterize microplastics in environmental samples without requiring labeled training data, offering a promising automated tool for large-scale microplastic monitoring.

2022 APL Photonics 31 citations
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Holographic imaging and machine learning for microplastic size and shape analysis in water

Researchers used a portable holographic camera paired with deep-learning AI to rapidly measure the size and shape of microplastics floating in water, finding the lightweight MobileNetV2 model outperformed the larger ResNet101 in classification accuracy. The method offers a cost-effective, field-deployable tool for monitoring microplastics in drinking water at scale.

2025 Emerging contaminants