Bioaerosol standoff detection and correlation assessment with concentration and viability point sensors

Sylvie Buteau; Jean-Robert Simard; Susan Rowsell; Gilles Roy

doi:10.1117/12.864685

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12 October 2010 Bioaerosol standoff detection and correlation assessment with concentration and viability point sensors

Sylvie Buteau, Jean-Robert Simard, Susan Rowsell, Gilles Roy

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Proceedings Volume 7838, Optics and Photonics for Counterterrorism and Crime Fighting VI and Optical Materials in Defence Systems Technology VII; 78380J (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.864685
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2010, Toulouse, France

Abstract

A standoff bioaerosol sensor based on intensified range-gated spectrometric detection of Laser Induced Fluorescence was used to spectrally characterize bioaerosol simulants during in-chamber and open-air releases at Suffield, Canada, in August 2008 from a standoff position. In total, 42 in-chamber Bacillus atrophaeus (formerly Bacillus subtilis var globigii; BG) cloud and 27 open-air releases of either BG, Pantoea agglomerans (formerly Erwinia herbicola; EH), MS2 and ovalbumin (OV) were generated. The clouds were refereed by different point sensors including Aerodynamic Particle Sizer (APS) and slit or impingers samplers. The APS monitored the particle size distribution and concentration and the samplers characterized the viable portion of the cloud. The extracted spectral signatures show robustness to different degree. The correlation assessment showed good results in most cases where the LIF signal to noise ratio was significant. The sensor 4σ sensitivity was evaluated to 1 300, 600, 100 and 30 ppl for BG, OV, MS2 and EH respectively. Correlation results are presented by plotting the SINBAHD metric versus the corresponding particle concentration, in which case, the obtained slope is proportional to the material fluorescence cross-section. The different acquired signal is hence compared in terms of their fluorescence cross-section additionally to their spectral characteristics.

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Sylvie Buteau, Jean-Robert Simard, Susan Rowsell, and Gilles Roy "Bioaerosol standoff detection and correlation assessment with concentration and viability point sensors", Proc. SPIE 7838, Optics and Photonics for Counterterrorism and Crime Fighting VI and Optical Materials in Defence Systems Technology VII, 78380J (12 October 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.864685

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