Swept source optical coherence tomography for in vivo growth monitoring of capsicum annuum seeds treated with different NaCl concentrations

Naresh Kumar Ravichandran; Ruchire Eranga Wijesinghe; Seung-Yeol Lee; Muhammad Faizan Shirazi; Kibeom Park; Hee-Young Jung; Mansik Jeon; Jeehyun Kim

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23 April 2017 Swept source optical coherence tomography for in vivo growth monitoring of capsicum annuum seeds treated with different NaCl concentrations

Naresh Kumar Ravichandran, Ruchire Eranga Wijesinghe, Seung-Yeol Lee, Muhammad Faizan Shirazi, Kibeom Park, Hee-Young Jung, Mansik Jeon, Jeehyun Kim

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Proceedings Volume 10323, 25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors; 1032356 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2267457
Event: 25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 2017, Jeju, Korea, Republic of

Abstract

In this study, Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is demonstrated as a plausible optical tool for in vivo detection of plant seeds and its morphological changes during growth. The experiment was carried out on Capsicum annuum seeds that were treated with different molar concentrations of NaCl to investigate the most optimal concentration for the seed growth. The monitoring process was carried out for 9 consecutive days. The in vivo 2D OCT images of the treated seeds were obtained and compared with seeds that were grown with sterile distilled water. The obtained results confirm the feasibility of using OCT for the proposed application. Normalized A-scan analysis method is utilized for supporting the concluded results.

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Naresh Kumar Ravichandran, Ruchire Eranga Wijesinghe, Seung-Yeol Lee, Muhammad Faizan Shirazi, Kibeom Park, Hee-Young Jung, Mansik Jeon, and Jeehyun Kim "Swept source optical coherence tomography for in vivo growth monitoring of capsicum annuum seeds treated with different NaCl concentrations", Proc. SPIE 10323, 25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 1032356 (23 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2267457

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