Commissariat a L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives

Rodrigue Rousier

Pierre Montmeat

Thomas Bordy

Pierre Joly

Emmanuelle Schultz

Philippe Prene

Frédéric Suard

Anthony Larue

Nicolas Paul

Christelle Barthet

David Elvira

Nathalie Eloy

Delphine Colin

Marianne Guillemot

A method allowing particles to be tracked in a moving fluid, via an optical method. The particles are in motion in a fluidic chamber. An image of the fluidic chamber is acquired, so as to obtain three-dimensional positions of particles in the fluidic chamber at a first time. Three-dimensional positions of 10 particles at a second time are also obtained, the second time being subsequent to the first time. On the basis of the obtained three-dimensional positions, potential movements of particles, between said times, are established. On the basis of a model of movement of the particles, potential movements are validated. The validated movements allow the particles in the fluid to be counted. In addition, if 15 the particles are of different nature, the movement model may comprise a component of movement of the particles with respect to the fluid that is characteristic of this difference. Determining this component then allows the particles to be characterized.

Method for counting and characterization of particles in a fluid in movement

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Bournainville, France

Rodrigue Rousier