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2024
Volume: 61 Issue 8
50 Article(s)

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Diffraction and Gratings
Distortion Correction Method of Interference Projection Based on Convolutional Neural Network
Meng Yan, Qitai Huang, and Jianfeng Ren
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0805001 (2024)
Digital Image Processing
Adaptive Underwater Image Enhancement Algorithm
Ning Yang, Haibing Su, and Tao Zhang
A self-adaptive underwater image enhancement algorithm is proposed to address the issues of color distortion, decreased contrast, and blurring caused by the imaging environment in underwater images. First, based on the local and global color biases in the Lab color space, color compensation is applied to attenuated col
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0837001 (2024)
Pulmonary Nodule Computed Tomography Image Classification Method Based on Dual-Path Cross-Fusion Network
Ping Yang, Xin Zhang, Fan Wen, Ji Tian, and Ning He
Pulmonary nodule computed tomography (CT) images have diverse details and interclass similarity. To address this problem, a dual-path cross-fusion network combining the advantages of convolutional neural network (CNN) and Transformer is constructed to classify pulmonary nodules more accurately. First, based on windows
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0837002 (2024)
A Pointer Meter Bilateral Image Segmentation Network Integrating Spatial Details and Semantic Features
Yaohui Zhu, Zhigang Wu, and Min Chen
Aiming at the characteristics of small target image segmentation of pointer meter and the limitations of existing methods, a bilateral deep learning backbone network called BiUnet is proposed for pointer meter image segmentation, which combines spatial details and semantic features. Starting from BiSeNet V2 algorithm,
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0837004 (2024)
A Robust Image Segmentation Algorithm Based on Weighted Filtering and Kernel Metric
Yi Liu, Xiaofeng Zhang, Yujuan Sun, Hua Wang, and Caiming Zhang
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0837005 (2024)
Template Update Mechanism for Single Target Tracking Incorporating Memory Information
Yuwen Mao, Baozhen Ge, Jianing Quan, and Qibo Chen
Single target tracking algorithm based on Siamese architecture suffers from untimely target state update. To address this issue, a generic template update mechanism is proposed based on the dynamic fusion of templates and memory information. The mechanism uses a dual module fusion update strategy. The short-term memory
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0837006 (2024)
Depth Image Super-Resolution Reconstruction Network Based on Dual Feature Fusion Guidance
Haowen Geng, Yu Wang, and Yanling Xin
A depth image super-resolution reconstruction network (DF-Net) based on dual feature fusion guidance is proposed to address the issues of texture transfer and depth loss in color image guided deep image super-resolution reconstruction algorithms. To fully utilize the correlation between depth and intensity features, a
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0837007 (2024)
Projection Domain Denoising Method for Multi-Energy Computed Tomography via Dual-Stream Transformer
Shunxin Ouyang, Zaifeng Shi, Fanning Kong, Lili Zhang, and Qingjie Cao
The multi-energy computed tomography (CT) technique can resolve the absorption rates of various energy X-ray photons in human tissues, representing a significant advancement in medical imaging. By addressing the challenge of swift degradation in reconstructed image quality, primarily due to non-ideal effects such as qu
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0837008 (2024)
Augmented Edge Graph Convolutional Networks for Semantic Segmentation of 3D Point Clouds
Lujian Zhang, Yuanwei Bi, Yaowen Liu, and Yansen Huang
Currently, most point cloud semantic segmentation methods based on graph convolution overlook the critical aspect of edge construction, resulting in an incomplete representation of the features of local regions. To address this limitation, we propose a novel graph convolutional network AE-GCN that integrates edge enhan
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0837009 (2024)
Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Based on Gradient Domain-Guided Filtering and Significance Analysis
Tingbo Si, Fangxiu Jia, Lü Ziqiang, and Zikang Wang
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0837010 (2024)
Fast Image-Stitching Algorithm of Dangerous Objects Under Vehicles
Jianjun Zhang, and Xin Jin
To address challenges involving low accuracy in feature point matching, low matching speed, cracks at the stitching points, and extended stitching time in vehicle undercarriage threat detection imaging, an optimized image-stitching algorithm is proposed. First, the corner detection (FAST) algorithm is used to extract i
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0837011 (2024)
Microscopic Image Stitching Algorithm Based on Stage Motion Information
Jiaguang Huang, Zhenming Yu, Guojin Peng, Hui Gan, and Lü Meini
Traditional non-real-time image stitching methods can easily lead to global stitching interruption due to local image misalignment. In addition, microscopic images have numerous similar microstructures, causing problems such as long feature detection time and high misalignment rate. To address these issues, a microscop
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0837012 (2024)
Regular Building Outline Extraction Based on Multi-Level Minimum Bounding Rectangle
Gang Li, Ke Liu, Hongchao Ma, Liang Zhang, and Jialin Yuan
Building outlines serve as data sources for various applications. However, accurately extracting outlines from scattered and irregular point clouds presents a challenge. To address this issue, a method utilizing the concept of the multi-level minimum bounding rectangle (MBR) is proposed for extracting precise outlines
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0837013 (2024)
Real-Time Pedestrian Detection Based on Dual-Modal Relevant Image Fusion
Chengcheng Bi, Miaohua Huang, Ruoying Liu, and Liangzi Wang
In order to solve the problems of high missing detection rate of single-model images and low detection speed of existing dual-model image fusion in pedestrian detection tasks under low visibility scenes, a lightweight pedestrian detection network based on dual-model relevant image fusion is proposed. The network model
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0837014 (2024)
Few-Shot Object Detection Based on Association and Discrimination
Jianli Jia, Huiyan Han, Liqun Kuang, Fangzheng Han, Xinyi Zheng, and Xiuquan Zhang
Deep learning-based object detection algorithms have matured considerably. However, detecting novel classes based on a limited number of samples remains challenging as deep learning can easily lead to feature space degradation under few-shot conditions. Most of the existing methods employ a holistic fine-tuning paradig
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0837015 (2024)
Holography
Color Hologram Reconstruction Based on Deep Learning
Juntong Liu, Jinbin Gui, Aishuai Chen, Xiandong Ma, and Xianfei Hu
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0809001 (2024)
Efficient Encoding Method for Computer-Generated Hologram
chunqi Li, Qitai Huang, and Jianfeng Ren
A computer-generated hologram (CGH) can be used to detect an aspheric surface with high accuracy. To enhance the encoding efficiency of the CGH, this paper proposes an encoding method for the segmented description of engraved stripes with a circular arc as the primitive, dividing the encoding process into two steps: bi
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0809002 (2024)
Imaging Systems
Laser Location of Mobile Robot Based on ICP Algorithm
Longyun Zhao, Hongjun San, Jiupeng Chen, and Zhen Peng
This study presents a localization method based on the improved iterative closest point (ICP) algorithm to solve the localization problems of mobile robots, such as low positioning accuracy and poor real-time positioning, in traditional 2D environments. The algorithm begins by establishing a pose search space, which sy
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0811001 (2024)
Three Dimensional Reconstruction Algorithm of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Images Based on Parallel Processing
Huaiyuan Chen, Jianwu Dang, Biao Yue, and Jingyu Yang
A parallelizable incremental structure from motion (SFM) recovery reconstruction algorithm is employed to address low efficiency and susceptibility to scene drift when reconstructing large-scale unmanned aerial vehicle image datasets. First, the vocabulary tree image retrieval results are used to constrain the spatial
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0811002 (2024)
High-Resolution Ptychography Method to Solve the Limitation of Numerical Aperture and Pixel Size
Jingyi Zhang, Zihao Pei, Youyou Hu, Zhongming Yang, and Jiantai Dou
Imaging resolution of the ptychography is limited by the numerical aperture and CCD (charge coupled device) pixel size. When the CCD target surface is limited, the numerical aperture is limited, and the high-frequency information of the edge of the CCD target surface is easy to miss under the condition that the collect
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0811003 (2024)
Point Cloud Segmentation Algorithm Based on Density Awareness and Self-Attention Mechanism
Bin Lu, Yawei Liu, Yuhang Zhang, and Zhenyu Yang
We propose a 3D point cloud semantic segmentation algorithm based on density awareness and self-attention mechanism to address the issue of insufficient utilization of inter point density information and spatial location features in existing 3D point cloud semantic segmentation algorithms. First, based on the adaptive
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0811004 (2024)
Point Cloud 3D Object Detection Based on Improved SECOND Algorithm
Ying Zhang, Liangliang Jiang, Dongbo Zhang, Wanlin Duan, and Yue Sun
Rapid identification and precise positioning of surrounding targets are prerequisites and represent the foundation for safe autonomous vehicle driving. A point cloud 3D object detection algorithm based on an improved SECOND algorithm is proposed to address the challenges of inaccurate recognition and positioning in vox
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0811005 (2024)
High-Precision Camera Calibration Method Based on Subpixel Edge Detection and Circularity Correction Compensation
Chaohai Kang, Li Hong, Weijian Ren, and Fengcai Huo
During camera calibration process based on a circular calibration board, when the lens distortion is large, the image quality decreases, and the circular projection edge becomes blurry, resulting in calibration errors. Accordingly, a high-precision camera technique based on subpixel edge detection and center correction
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0811006 (2024)
Reconstruction-Free Object Recognition Scheme in Lensless Imaging Systems
Kaiyu Chen, Ying Li, Zhengdai Li, and Youming Guo
Lensless imaging systems use masks instead of lenses, reducing costs and making equipment lighter. However, before object recognition, reconstructing an image is necessary. This reconstruction involves parameter tuning and time-consuming calculations. Hence, a reconstruction-free object recognition scheme, which direct
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0811008 (2024)
Jamming of Supercontinuum Spectrum Laser on Imaging Systems in Different Backgrounds
Yu Fan, Xiangzheng Cheng, Ming Shao, and Wei Liu
The study of the jamming effects on visible-light imaging systems irradiated by supercontinuum spectrum lasers has vast potential applications. Focusing on the jamming effect of the supercontinuum spectrum laser, experiments were conducted to analyze its interference on visible-light imaging systems under varying radia
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0811009 (2024)
Analysis of Optimal Spatial Resolution Capability of Pulse-Dilation Framing Camera
Huan Chen, Yanli Bai, Heng Li, and Haiying Gao
The pulse-dilation framing camera, with a short magnetic focus, is a two-dimensional, ultrafast diagnostic device with a long drift region. It evaluates the paraxial spatial resolution and detection area by the point spatial resolution of the on-axis and off-axis, respectively. However, because of the spatial nonunifor
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0811010 (2024)
High-Dynamic-Range Ptychography Using Maximum Likelihood Noise Estimation
Wenjie Li, Honggang Gu, Li Liu, Lei Zhong, Yu Zhou, and Shiyuan Liu
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0811011 (2024)
Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology
Lightweight Pavement Crack Detection Model Based on DeepLabv3+
Xiaohua Xia, Jiangong Su, Yaoyao Wang, Yang Liu, and Mingzhen Li
Cracks are one of the main road surface diseases, and timely and effective crack detection and evaluation are crucial for road maintenance. To achieve fast and accurate semantic segmentation of road crack images, a road crack detection method based on the DeepLabv3+ model is proposed. To reduce the number of model para
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0812001 (2024)
Water Contact Angle Calculation Method Based on Faster RCNN
Hui Wang, Jun Wang, and Zhaoliang Cao
A water contact angle measurement method based on the improved Faster RCNN is proposed to address the issues of low accuracy and poor reproducibility caused by manual intervention in traditional water contact angle measurement processes. First, the Faster RCNN backbone network VGG16 was replaced with ResNet101, and the
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0812002 (2024)
Bronze Dating Identification Method Based on Bounded Classifiers in Deep Learning
Baiqiang Li, Guangxu Pan, Tianqian Li, Dong Zhu, Lu Bai, Xiaoming Yang, Peigang Liu, and Kunqiang Wen
Identifying the age of ancient bronze vessels requires many relevant historical materials, takes a long time, and has strong subjectivity. We propose a new approach to assist archaeologists in analyzing and dating ancient bronze artifacts. The proposed method applies deep learning methods for age discrimination of anci
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0812003 (2024)
Real-Time Detection of Abnormal Behavior of Escalator Passengers Based on YOLOv5s
Yuanpeng Wang, Haibin Wan, Kai Huang, Zhaozhan Chi, Jinqi Zhang, and Zhixing Huang
To detect passengers' abnormal behavior in real time, we propose a lightweight escalator passenger' abnormal behavior real-time detection algorithm, YOLO-STE, based on YOLOv5s. First, a lightweight ShuffleNetV2 network was introduced in the backbone network to reduce the number of parameters and its computation
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0812004 (2024)
Algorithm for Detecting Laser Soldering Point Defect Based on Improved YOLOv5s
Penghui Yan, Xubing Chen, Yili Peng, and Fadong Xie
To address the high cost of detection equipment and slow detection speed of traditional algorithms for detecting point defects in laser soldering on the production line, we propose an improved YOLOv5s algorithm that can directly detect defects on the laser soldering equipment. By introducing GhostNetV2 convolution mech
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0812005 (2024)
Small-Scale Rockfall Detection Method Based on Solid-State Lidar for Unstructured Transportation Roads in Open-Pit Mines
Qinghua Gu, Jiawei Li, Lu Chen, and Hejie Zhu
To address the challenges faced in the real-time detection of small-size rockfalls in open-pit mines during the transportation of ores using unmanned carts owing to suboptimal road conditions, intense lighting, and heavy dust, this study proposes a method for detecting small-size rockfalls in open-pit mines based on so
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0812006 (2024)
Laser Radar 3D Target Detection Based on Improved PointPillars
Feng Tian, Chao Liu, Fang Liu, Wenwen Jiang, Xin Xu, and Ling Zhao
A 3D object detection method based on improved PointPillars model is proposed to address the problem of poor detection performance of small objects in current point cloud based 3D object detection algorithms. First, the pillar feature network in the PointPillars model is improved, and a new pillar encoding module is pr
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0812007 (2024)
Defect Detection of Photovoltaic Cells Based on Improved YOLOv8
Ying Zhou, Yuze Yan, Haiyong Chen, and Shenghu Pei
A YOLOv8-based defect detection algorithm, YOLOv8-EL, is proposed to address the problems of false detection and missing detection caused by data imbalance, varied defect scales, and complex background textures in photovoltaic (PV) cell defect detection. First, GauGAN is used for data augmentation to address the issue
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0812008 (2024)
Multiscale Deformation Monitoring Based on Terrestrial 3D Laser Scanning Technology
Xiantao Guo, Lijun Yang, and Ya Kang
Regarding the deficiency of traditional deformation monitoring in effectively detailing deformation of local unique monitoring objects due to the overall deformation model, this paper proposes a three-layer mixed deformation model, i.e., block, region, and overall deformation, based on terrestrial 3D laser scanning tec
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  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0812009 (2024)
Machine Vision
Dense Feature Matching Based on Improved DFM Algorithm
Yanhan Zhang, Yinxin Zhang, Zhanhua Huang, and Kangnian Wang
Image matching, which refers to transforming the image to be matched into the coordinate system of the original image, plays important roles in numerous visual tasks. The feature-based image matching method, which can find distinctive features in the image, is widely accepted because of its applicability, robustness, a
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0815001 (2024)
Research and Development of Chlorophyll Fluorescence Meter with Broadband Excitation Function
Qian Xia, Hao Tang, Wei Ge, Lijiang Fu, Dezhi Tong, and Ya Guo
Chlorophyll fluorescence detection technology is widely used as a nondestructive detection method; however, the frequency band of the step pulse or the modulated pulse (PAM) used in the traditional chlorophyll fluorescence detection technology to excite signals is narrow, and a photosynthetic system is a high-order bro
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0815002 (2024)
Remote Sensing and Sensors
Classification Method of Remote Sensing Image Based on Dynamic Weight Transform and Dual Network Self Verification
Qingfang Zhang, Ming Cong, Ling Han, Jiangbo Xi, Qingqing Jing, Jianjun Cui, Chengsheng Yang, Chaofeng Ren, Junkai Gu, Miaozhong Xu, and Yiting Tao
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0828001 (2024)
Remote Sensing Image Fusion Based on Particle Swarm Optimization and Adaptive Injection Model
Shize Li, and Yan Dong
To address issues, such as loss of spectral and spatial detail as well as unclear fusion results during the fusion process, a fusion method based on particle swarm optimization is proposed. The initial step of this method involves preprocessing the original image to derive edge detection matrices for each of the image&
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0828002 (2024)
Lightweight Bilateral Input D-WNet Aerial Image Building Change Detection
Fengxing Zhang, Jian Huang, and Hao Li
A lightweight dual-input change detection network, D-WNet, is proposed to address the issues of traditional semantic segmentation networks being susceptible to interference from shadows and other ground objects, as well as the rough boundary segmentation of buildings. The new network starts with W-Net and uses deep sep
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0828003 (2024)
Target Localization and Tracking Method Based on Camera and LiDAR Fusion
Pu Zhang, Jinqing Liu, Jinchao Xiao, Junfeng Xiong, Tianwei Feng, and Zhongze Wang
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0828004 (2024)
The Study of Characteristics and Imaging of Infrared Radiation of Middle and Upper Atmosphere Background
Jie Shi, Bo Shi, Feng Jin, Shilin Xing, and Weilong Gou
This study proposes an infrared imaging and detection model to address infrared imaging and radiation characteristics of the middle and upper atmospheric background. The applicability of the medium spectral resolution atmospheric radiation transfer mode (MODTRAN) in the infrared band is analyzed, and the strategic high
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0828005 (2024)
Mapping Research Based on Solid-State LiDAR Fusion with 2D LiDAR
Tianxiang Zhang, Liming Cai, Chuanyun Ouyang, Xiankai Cheng, and Shuhao Yan
To address the issue of incomplete spatial environment information acquisition in traditional two-dimensional (2D) light detection and ranging (LiDAR) mapping, we propose a mapping strategy that leverages the fusion of solid-state LiDAR and 2D LiDAR using the Gmapping algorithm. First, we initiate a planar projection o
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0828006 (2024)
Reviews
Diffuse Optical Imaging Technologies and Applications (Invited)
Bowen Song, and Yanyu Zhao
Diffuse optical imaging is widely used in biomedical research and clinics. Compared with other medical imaging methods, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), and ultrasound imaging, diffuse optical imaging uses diffused light absorbed and scattered
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0800001 (2024)
Application Progress of Deep Learning in the Classification of Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodule
Wenkai Zhang, Xiaoyan Wang, Jing Liu, Qixiang Zhou, and Xin He
Thyroid nodule is one of the most common clinical nodular lesions in adults, and its incidence rate is always high. Thyroid nodule can be classified into benign and malignant, and the latter is thyroid cancer, which can cause difficulties in breathing and swallowing, and even endanger the life of patients. Therefore, t
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0800002 (2024)
Progress in Research on Tobacco Online Inspection Technology Based on Machine Vision
Yusheng Wu, Anhu Li, Yaming Wan, and Tianchen Meng
The expansion of high-end products in the tobacco industry and the increasing demand for product quality from consumers have created significant challenges for online tobacco testing technology. In response to problems such as the difficult removal of foreign objects from tobacco production affecting cigarette taste, v
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Publication Date: Apr. 25, 2024
  • Vol. 61, Issue 8, 0800003 (2024)