Departments 
  Industrial Analysis
 
 Image Analysis
   
Director:   Dr. Joan de Monserrat         
    

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES:
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- Computer-aided image analysis.
- Optical microscopy (phase contrast, dark field, bright field)
- Fluorescence microscopy
- Polarised light microscopy
- Reflection microscopy
- Dispersion staining microscopy
- Mechanic Sieve Shaker
- Suspension particle measurement by LASER sensor.

WORKING AREAS
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- Determination of contaminant particle in injection sub-visible   and visible particles (Fharmacopeia <2.9.19>,<2.9.20>   /USP<788>)
- Granulometries (statistical distribution of particle sizes)
- Detection of asbestos, man-made mineral and textile fibers in   air and materials
- Discrimination between fiber types in samples of airborne dust   on filters
- Surveying, sampling and assessment of asbestos-containing   materials
- Cristal structure evaluation according to USP<695>
- Foreign body presence identification
- Quality control of raw materials and finished products
- Analysis of shape, size, density, texture, orientation, periodicity   of structure, etc.
- Identification of mites and pollen
- Identification of alga, nematode, larva, protozoon and insects
- Identification of excrements
- Insect identification
- Quality control in textile: resistanse, extension, permeability on   air, etc.
- Element counts
- Qualitative identification and quantitative determination of   products
- Classification and automatic recognition of structures based on   pattern recognition
- Development of applications of image analysis
- Macroscopic and microscopic digital photography