title: Particle-size distribution determination using optical sensing and neural networks.
abstract: We present an inverse technique to determine particle-size distributions by training a layered perception neural network with optical backscattering measurements at three wavelengths. An advantage of this approach is that, even though the training may take a long time, once the neural network is trained the inverse problem of obtaining size distributions can be solved speedily and efficiently.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishimaru
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Marks Ii
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitamura