Relevant properties of some common ATR crystals.
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The expanding interest in environmental and energy issues led to the consideration of heterogeneous photocatalysis as one of the most promising advanced oxidation processes. The interest in this scientific field has increased in the last decade since photocatalysis is assumed to be a powerful tool for the destruction and remediation of highly toxic pollutants, the purification of polluted water and air, the development of self-cleaning surfaces coated with semiconducting metal oxide materials, and the conversion of solar energy into chemical energy [1–3]. Many semiconductor materials have been tested as photocatalysts, nevertheless, due to its low cost, abundance, high activity, and stability under a variety of conditions. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is the most reliable and widely used material [4, 5]. Accordingly, there has been a tremendous amount of research on diverse aspects of TiO2 (nano)materials, ranging from their synthesis, characterization, and applications to atomic scale, to experimental and theoretical investigations of their fundamental physical and chemical properties [1, 5–7]. Despite these investigations, there remains a need to better understand the reaction mechanisms of the transformation of organic molecules occurring during TiO2 photocatalysis.
Surface science plays a prominent role in mechanistic investigations concerning the photocatalytic process, providing a unique approach to understand bulk, surface, and interfacial phenomena occurring at the TiO2 surface [6, 8, 9]. According to several proposed photocatalytic mechanisms [10, 11], an important point for the conversion of the molecules on TiO2 is the physical and electronic structure of the adsorbed state of the molecules. How a molecule binds onto the TiO2 surface influences its electronic structure, as well as its redox properties. Inter alia, coverage, thermal stability, and reactivity, adsorption structure and site, are all important factors [8]. The interest in surface techniques to investigate liquid-solid and gas-solid interfacial chemistry has grown due to the importance of the information they provide. Few surface spectroscopic techniques are adequate to perform in situ analyses of interfacial interactions. For example, sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy is restricted to planar solid-solution interfaces [12], infrared ellipsometry is considered mainly as a technique for the analysis of thin solid films rather than of interfacial species [13], and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) requires the presence of metals on the surface. Thus, this complicates the more widespread applicability of SERS [14, 15].
IR spectroscopy is the oldest and most commonly used method for identifying both organic and inorganic chemicals, as well as for providing specific information on molecular structure, chemical bonding, and molecular environment. Being a powerful tool for qualitative and quantitative studies, it can be applied to study solids, liquids, or gaseous samples [16]. Recently, IR spectroscopy has been applied in situ to study surface reactions on immersed solids such as oxides. This has been achieved with particle films via internal reflection or attenuated total reflection (ATR-FTIR) methods. Investigating several metal oxide solid particles in suspensions or deposited as thin films on ATR crystals, these developments have led to in situ ATR-FTIR studies of adsorption and chemical reactions on a variety of solid-liquid and/or solid-gas interfaces in the photocatalysis context [17–24]. The ATR-FTIR technique has proved to be a powerful tool for probing binding mechanisms and for characterizing the adsorption of organic molecules onto metal oxide surfaces in liquid media.
This book chapter focuses on the application of this technique in the above-mentioned context. An overview of the investigations that have been performed to date will be given, analyzing the different experimental procedures, and summarizing the performed investigation of surface interactions. An in-depth analysis of the different proposed adsorption and photocatalytic reaction mechanisms on TiO2, as well as on other metal oxides also employed in photocatalysis will be given. To complement this overview, results and interpretations of quantum chemical calculations will also be presented.
Infrared absorption spectroscopy (IR) has contributed for more than fifty years to the molecular view on a wide variety of systems. The selection rule for a vibrational mode of a molecule to be IR active is that there is a change of the electric dipole moment of the molecule upon absorption of light. The absorption of infrared light due to the excitation from the ground vibrational energy level to a higher energy level provides information concerning molecular structure and molecular interactions [15, 25, 26]. Due to the existence of the wide absorption spectra database in the mid-infrared region (4000–400 cm-1), infrared spectroscopy is considered as a universal technique since many molecules have strong absorbances in this region [27].
Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is a well-established technique based on the idea of the interference of radiation between two beams to yield an interferogram. The latter is a signal produced as a function of the change of path length between the two beams. The two domains of distance and frequency are interconvertible by the mathematical Fourier transformation method.
ATR spectroscopy was introduced simultaneously by Harrik [28] and Fahrenfort [29] based upon the total internal reflection phenomena. In this approach, IR spectra are recorded for a sample material that is in contact with an internal reflection element (IRE). The IR beam is focused onto the edge of the IRE, reflected through the IRE, and then directed to the detector (cf. Figure 1) [26, 27]. In this case, all the light reflects off the internal surface of the IRE, hence explaining the term total internal reflection [27]. The internal reflection element (IRE) or ATR crystal has, in most cases, a higher refractive index (n1) as compared to the sample (n2). Another important parameter is the incidence angle
The major applications of the ATR method are in the mid-IR region. However, the range has been extended to the near-IR, the far-IR, as well as to the UV and visible spectral regions. Therefore, it is of great importance to choose a suitable ATR crystal for a given application. The most common ATR crystals with their respective refractive indexes and some other relevant properties are summarized in Table 1.
Schematic diagram of a horizontal ATR sampling accessory illustrating the important parameters [16].
\n\t\t\t\tMaterial\n\t\t\t | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tRefractive\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\tindex\n\t\t\t | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWavenumber\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\trange (cm-1)\n\t\t\t | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tdp (µm)\n\t\t\t | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tReferences\n\t\t\t | \n\t\t
Diamond | \n\t\t\t2.4 | \n\t\t\t45000–2500 | \n\t\t\t1.35–1.66 | \n\t\t\t[30][31][32] | \n\t\t
Germanium (Ge) | \n\t\t\t4 | \n\t\t\t5500–870 | \n\t\t\t0.65–0.73 | \n\t\t\t[30][31][32] | \n\t\t
Zinc Selenide (ZnSe) | \n\t\t\t2.41 | \n\t\t\t20000–650 | \n\t\t\t1.22–1.66 | \n\t\t\t[30][31][32] | \n\t\t
AMTIR (As/Ge/Se glass) | \n\t\t\t2.5 | \n\t\t\t11000–750 | \n\t\t\t1.46 | \n\t\t\t[30] | \n\t\t
Silicon (Si) | \n\t\t\t3.4 | \n\t\t\t- | \n\t\t\t0.84–1.17 | \n\t\t\t[30][32] | \n\t\t
Thallium bromoiodide (KRS-5) | \n\t\t\t2.37 | \n\t\t\t20000–250 | \n\t\t\t1.22–1.73 | \n\t\t\t[30][32] | \n\t\t
Cd telluride (CdTe) | \n\t\t\t2.67 | \n\t\t\t10000–450 | \n\t\t\t- | \n\t\t\t[31] | \n\t\t
Saphire (Al2O3) | \n\t\t\t1.74 | \n\t\t\t25000–1800 | \n\t\t\t- | \n\t\t\t[31] | \n\t\t
Zinc Sulfide (ZnS) | \n\t\t\t2.2 | \n\t\t\t17000– 950 | \n\t\t\t2.34 | \n\t\t\t[31][32] | \n\t\t
Cubic Zirconia (ZrO2) | \n\t\t\t2.15 | \n\t\t\t25000–1800 | \n\t\t\t- | \n\t\t\t[31] | \n\t\t
Relevant properties of some common ATR crystals.
Since the IR beam should penetrate the sample, the penetration depth (dp) is one of the important parameters in ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. The measure of the depth that the infrared beam enters into the sample is defined by equation (2):
where dp is the depth of penetration, W the wavenumber, n1 the refractive index of the ATR crystal,
Each of the parameters mentioned above has important messages to teach us about the ATR technique and its application. Readers interested in details of the theory of ATR should consult the respective literature [16, 25, 27].
One of the advantages of the ATR-FTIR technique is that an experiment can be easily conducted to study the interactions between a chosen probe molecule and the surface of different metal oxides. The whole procedure consists in the preparation of a thin film of nanoparticles of the chosen metal oxide on the ATR crystal. This thin film should be stable, at least during the experiment, and its thickness should allow the penetration of the IR beam to reach the interface, e.g., the sample solution above the oxide layer. A thin homogeneous layer of the nanoparticles on the ATR crystal is generally produced from their suspension in an adequate solvent. This suspension is carefully drop-casted on the IRE material. Examples of the preparation of these thin layers, especially those made of TiO2, can be found elsewhere [18, 19, 23, 33].
It is worth noting that the contact between the probe molecule and the layer can lead to a change in some operational parameters such as pH, temperature, and ionic strength of the supernatant solution. Therefore, studies on adsorption phenomena are better carried out employing flow cell reactors either in the liquid or the gas phase (see Figure 2a) where the solution or the dispersant circulate continuously over the layer. This allows the control of the above-mentioned parameters and the monitoring of the evolution in time of the system under different conditions. As an alternative, a sample batch system can also be employed where the inlet and outlet are closed (Figure 2b) [23].
Flow cell reactor for ATR-FTIR spectroscopic studies (Reproduced from [23] with permission of the PCCP Owner Societies).
Prior to coating the ATR crystal, a spectrum of the blank ATR crystal is collected for spectral processing. Mainly, two different approaches can be used for the spectral processing. The first one is the normalization of the spectra of the ligand to that of the matrix (solvent at the pH of interest in the liquid phase or dispersant in the gas phase) from which a spectrum is collected. The probe molecule is then introduced and the corresponding spectrum is collected. The spectrum of the probe molecule is then referenced to the background spectrum (solvent/dispersant). The second approach is as follows: after preparing the thin film, a spectrum of the solvent at the pH of interest (or of the dispersant in the gas phase) is collected; the probe molecule is introduced and a spectrum is collected; the single beam spectrum of both solvent/dispersant and of the probe molecule in the solvent/dispersant is referenced to the blank ATR crystal to obtain the absorbance spectra of each. Subsequently, the absorbance spectrum of the solvent/dispersant is subtracted from the spectrum of the probe molecule. To collect spectra for the probe molecule alone the same experimental process is used but without the nanoparticle thin layer [30].
Considering its relevance to semiconductor photocatalysis, water splitting, and other important applications, the interaction of water with metal oxide surfaces, especially TiO2, has been the focus of several experimental and theoretical investigations over the last decades [3, 4, 6, 8, 34–36]. Molecular, dissociated, and undissociated states of water adsorbed at a solid surface have been suggested. In addition to that, a mixture of these adsorption states is possible.
ATR-FTIR spectroscopy is one of the suitable techniques to investigate the adsorption of water molecules on a metal oxide surface under a wide range of conditions [37–39]. From many perspectives, numerous experimental and theoretical water adsorption studies have been conducted by means of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy [17, 37, 40, 41].
Figure 3 depicts the typical spectra of water adsorbed on TiO2 (anatase/rutile Evonik-Degussa Aeroxide TiO2 P25) [38]. The broad absorption band at around 3600–2800 cm-1 and the small peak at 3696 cm-1 are well-known to be the stretching vibration modes of the H2O molecules, which have complex interactions through hydrogen bonds, and the end part of polymerically chained H2O molecules without hydrogen bonds, respectively. The broad band contains not only the components of the H2O molecules with different numbers of hydrogen bonds but also the Fermi resonance attributed to the overtone absorption of the bending mode δ (H2O) at 1637 cm-1. Therefore, it is difficult to analyze the detailed adsorption state of the polymerically chained H2O molecules on metal oxide surfaces only from FTIR (mid-infrared) measurements [38]. However, based on the information obtained from such IR spectra, ATR-FTIR spectroscopy has been used for the characterization and identification of intermediate mechanisms involved in environmental interfaces [42], mainly during photocatalytic oxidation processes induced at the TiO2-water interface [37,40].
FT-IR (MIR) absorption spectra of TiO2 (Evonik-Degussa Aeroxide TiO2 P25) in air (a) and after evacuation at room temperature for 1 h (b) (Reprinted with permission from Takeuchi M, Martra G, Coluccia S, Anpo M. Investigations of the Structure of H2O Clusters Adsorbed on TiO2 Surfaces by Near-Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry B; 109(15):7387–91. Copyright (2005) American Chemical Society).
Starting from the hypothesis that adsorbed H2O changes its conformation due to the co-adsorption of cyclohexane on TiO2 (anatase, Sachtleben Hombikat UV100), Almeida et al. [40] have shown with the help of additional DFT (Density Functional Theory) calculations, yielding the adsorption energy and the structure of the water molecule at different hydration levels (Figure 4), that at least three layers of water are formed during the adsorption process. The first layer includes only chemisorbed H2O molecules. The second hydration level includes physisorbed (H-bonded) H2O molecules on surface OH sites, and the highest hydration level contains an additional adsorbed water layer. The dissociative chemisorption of water is assumed to be energetically favored. In addition to that, dissociative chemisorption of water generates at least two different Ti-OH groups. At least one of these two new OH sites contains an oxygen atom originally originating from the TiO2 lattice structure [40]. This finding allowed the authors to provide a spectral and structural interpretation of the mode of adsorption of cyclohexanone on the hydrated TiO2 surface [40].
Besides of that, several research reports have identified and specified the different bending modes and structures of water on the TiO2 surface during, before, and after UV light irradiation. It has been reported that UV irradiation induces a structural ordering of the adsorbed water layer [43], or results in an increase in the amount of surface OH groups, thus increasing the hydrophilicity of the TiO2 surface [44]. Mendive et al. [37] have revealed by ATR-FTIR studies that the disaggregation of particle agglomerates plays an important role in UV illuminated aqueous TiO2 nanoparticulate systems.
Adsorption energies and structures of H2O on TiO2 (100), (101), and (001) facets, at different hydration levels (Reprinted with permission from Almeida A, Calatayud M. Combined ATR-FTIR and DFT Study of Cyclohexanone Adsorption on Hydrated TiO2 Anatase Surfaces. Journal of Physical Chemistry C; 115(29):14164–14172. Copyright (2011) American Chemical Society).
However, it should be noted here that the exact nature of the adsorption of water is still a matter of discussion in the field of metal oxide (especially of TiO2) photocatalysis. This is a consequence of the diverse possibilities of interpretation arising from the combination of experimental results obtained by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and by other techniques. Obviously, there is not yet a general consensus on the mechanism of adsorption of water on TiO2.
ATR-FTIR spectroscopy yields important insight into the surface speciation of probe molecules adsorbed on nanomaterials [30]. Chemical or inner sphere adsorption is generally studied when it is expected that the probe molecule is able to coordinate with the metal ions of the substrate covering the ATR crystal [15].
Investigations of the interaction of a large number of ligands on metal oxide, metal hydroxide, and metal oxyhydroxide systems have been performed employing ATR-FTIR spectroscopy [26]. The objective of these investigations is to obtain an insight into the chemical nature of these interactions, being either qualitative such as the mode of adsorption and the surface speciation, or quantitative such as the kinetics and the surface coverage.
It is worth to note that TiO2 nanoparticles are much more extensively used as substrates as compared with other metal oxides. The adsorption of organic compounds bearing common functional groups such as acids [23, 45, 46], amino acids [47], phenolic compounds [11, 48], and a few complex heteroaromatic compounds [49–52] has been studied in detail (cf. Table 3).
As an example, a typical ATR-FTIR spectrum of an aqueous solution of the herbicide imazapyr in the absence and presence of a TiO2 layer is presented in Figure 5. The reliability of information obtained from the IR spectra is dependent mainly upon the correct assignment of the vibrational modes by comparison with published spectroscopic data [15, 30]. Mudunkotuwa et al. have presented a summary of several common IR absorption band frequencies (Table 2) [30]. Furthermore, the infrared spectral data collected for coordination compounds [53] are very useful when interpreting the spectra of adsorbates, which mostly resemble those of ligands of coordination compounds [15]. In addition to that, the interpretation of the increase in the intensities of the bands of functional groups, as well as the shifting of these bands either to the blue or to the red spectral regions also provide important information concerning the type of interaction between adsorbate and surface. The interpretation of IR bands is very helpful for a qualitative analysis, e.g., concerning the points of interactions, the modes of adsorption, and the molecular speciation, respectively.
ATR-FTIR spectra of 8×10-3 mol L-1 imazapyr aqueous solution at pH 3 (dashed lines); and 2×10-3 mol L-1 imazapyr aqueous solution in contact with a TiO2 film (solid lines). Reference spectra were of water in contact with the bare ZnSe prism and of the bare TiO2 film respectively [54].
\n\t\t\t\tVibrational Mode\n\t\t\t | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWavenumber (cm-1)\n\t\t\t | \n\t\t
ν(C=O) νasym(COO-) νsym(COO-) δasym(NH3\n\t\t\t\t+) δsym(NH3\n\t\t\t\t+) νasym(CH2) νsc(CH2) νw(CH2) νr(CH2) νsym(NH) νsym(C=O)major + νsym(C-N)minor\n\t\t\t\t νsym(C-N) + δ (N-H)out of phase\n\t\t\t\t νsym(C-N) + δ (N-H)in phase\n\t\t\t | \n\t\t\t1730–1720 1620–1590 1410–1390 1630 1571 2920 1442–1438 1400–1200 730–720 3300–3100 1700–1600 (Amide I) 1580–1510 (Amide II) 1400–1200 (Amide III) | \n\t\t
IR absorption frequencies of common organic functional groups (Adapted from [30] with permission of The Royal Society of Chemistry).
As mentioned above, the complexity of the obtained IR spectra usually requires the combination of different techniques to enable their interpretation. Generally, the deductions resulting from the analysis of the IR spectra have to be supported by the results of other experimental techniques and/or by theoretical calculations. Several experimental and theoretical studies on the adsorption of aliphatic mono- and di-carboxylic acids on metal oxide surfaces have been performed [46]. It is assumed that the binding of carboxylates at the solid metal oxide surface occurs in several ways such as physisorption through electrostatic attraction and hydrogen bonding, and chemisorption in different modes including monodentate, bridged bidentate, and chelating bidentate adsorbed structures [55–57]. These different binding modes can be distinguished in an infrared spectrum by the difference Δνa-s of the frequencies of the asymmetric and the symmetric mode of the carboxylate stretching vibration. By comparing the Δνa-s of free aqueous carboxylate, Δνa-s (free), to the Δνa-s (adsorbed) values measured in transition metal complexes, the following correlations were found [46, 56, 58]:
Δνa-s (adsorbed) > Δνa-s (free): monodentate coordination
Δνa-s (adsorbed) < Δνa-s (free): bidentate chelating or bridging
Δνa-s (adsorbed) << Δνa-s (free): bidentate chelating, unless short metal-metal bonds are present
DFT calculations have been performed by Vittadini et al. for several possible adsorption conformations of formic acid and sodium formate on the anatase surface to support the interpretation of ATR-FTIR spectra measured of formic acid adsorbed on the TiO2 surface [59]. The comparison of the calculated results with this experimental information enabled the identification of seven different surface species (see Figure 6). On the hydrated surface, both HCOOH and HCOONa preferentially form inner-sphere adsorption complexes. HCOOH as monodentate adsorbate dissociates due to the interaction with a nearby water molecule, while HCOONa prefers a bridging bidentate structure [59].
Mono-carboxylic acids, i.e., formic and acetic acid, were found to bind on ZrO2 and Ta2O5 surfaces in both protonated and deprotonated carboxylic acid forms indicating a bridging bidentate adsorption. Under the experimental conditions of this work no adsorption of formic acid onto TiO2 and Al2O3 was observed [46].
Possible configurations for HCOOH and HCOO- species bound to metal cations (Reprinted with permission from Vittadini A, Selloni A, Rotzinger FP, Grätzel M. Formic Acid Adsorption on Dry and Hydrated TiO2 Anatase (101) Surfaces by DFT Calculations. Journal of Physical Chemistry B; 104(101):1300–1306. Copyright (2000) American Chemical Society).
Dicarboxylic acids adsorb much more strongly to oxide surfaces than mono-carboxylic acids due to both electrostatic and chemical interactions.
Oxalic acid is one of the most investigated molecules in this regard [18, 45, 58, 60, 61]. Based on a series of spectra recorded at varying different experimental parameters (concentration, pH, and ionic strength), and supported by the comparison of these spectra with those of the aqueous [Fe(Ox)y]z complex, Hug et al. [18] described several surface complexes formed during the adsorption of oxalic acid at the TiO2 P25 surface. The obtained data strongly support the assumption that oxalate forms specific inner-sphere coordination complexes with surface Ti4+ sites. These complexes are formed through bidentate bridging or monodentate bending modes.
Mendive et al. have published several papers presenting experimental results of their investigation of the TiO2-oxalic acid system using both pure anatase and rutile phases. In addition to that, data of quantum chemical calculations using Modified Symmetrically Orthogonalized Intermediate Neglect of Differential Overlap (MSINDO) have been presented to yield a complete insight into the TiO2-oxalate system [23, 24, 62, 63]. A detailed analysis of the experimental ATR-FTIR data and the data obtained from theoretical calculations (IR spectra (Figure 7) and calculated bending energies) has led to the suggestion of different adsorbate structures of oxalic acid either on anatase or on rutile nanoparticles (Figure 8). By comparison between both TiO2 phases (anatase and rutile), the difference as well as the similarity in the adsorption of oxalate can be explained either by the mode of adsorption, the structure of the surface complexes, the surface speciation of either TiO2 phases, or the adsorption energies.
Young et al. [45] have published the results of an ATR-FTIR study focused on the adsorption-desorption kinetics of oxalic acid on the anatase TiO2 surface. The measured spectra were not found to be well resolved. However, based on the absorbance versus time behavior, the authors were able to extract the pseudo-first-order rate constants corresponding to the three expected adsorbed species of oxalic acid at the TiO2 surface.
Furthermore, Mendive et al. [61] have proposed the mechanism of the photocatalytic degradation of oxalic acid with the help of the above mentioned experimental and theoretical investigations [24, 63]. The possible pathways for the formation of oxalic acid photoproducts, as well as the role of the TiO2 surface as active surface have been discussed in detail [61]. An example of the proposed degradation pathways of the oxalic acid surface complexes is depicted in Figure 9.
Experimental and calculated FTIR spectra of oxalic acid on anatase (Reproduced from [23] with permission of the PCCP Owner Societies).
Adsorbed structures of oxalic acid on anatase (A) (Reproduced from [24] with permission of the PCCP Owner Societies) and Rutile (B) (Reproduced from [63] with permission of the PCCP owner Societies) in equilibrium in the dark. A scheme of every structure is provided. Ti, O, H and C atoms are represented by large light, dark, small light and dark-dashed spheres respectively.
Possible photocatalytic degradation pathways of species adsorbed on anatase (Reprinted from Oxalic Acid at the TiO2/Water Interface under UV(A) Illumination: Surface Reaction Mechanisms, Cecilia B. Mendive, Thomas Bredow, Jenny Schneider, Miguel Blesa, Detlef Bahnemann. Journal of Catalysis 2015, 322:60-72, Copyright (2015), with permission from Elsevier).
As mentioned in the introduction of this chapter, the direct evidence for the formation of structurally different surface complexes is an important step in the understanding of metal oxide photocatalysis, especially of TiO2 photocatalysis. This is due to the fact that the reactivity and the pathways for product formation are determined by the structures of the formed surface species during the dark adsorption. Recently, Montoya et al. [11] have investigated the interaction of the TiO2 surface with three probe molecules, e.g., formic acid, benzene, and phenol employing ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. Based upon the analysis of the IR spectra (Figure 10), assumptions have been made concerning the physisorption of benzene (no changes have been observed in the spectra with and without the TiO2 layer), the strong chemisorption of formic acid, and also the role of the solvent (water or acetonitrile) for the adsorption mode of phenol. Based on these results, the authors provided an insight into the mode of interaction of the probe molecules with the TiO2 surface (chemisorption or physisorption) (Figure 11). In addition to that, they discussed the photocatalytic oxidation mechanism induced either by the reaction of surface trapped holes with the adsorbate (direct pathway) or the reaction of photocatalytically generated ˙OH radicals with the physisorbed molecules (indirect pathway). The authors concluded that formic acid is directly oxidized due to its strong chemisorption onto the TiO2 surface, while physisorbed benzene is indirectly oxidized. For phenol the authors suggested a combination of both pathways [10, 11].
ATR-FTIR spectra of: A) a 100 mM solution of acetonitrile dissolved phenol, in the absence (a) and in the presence of an anatase film under different TiO2-Phenol contact times (b-d); B) a 100 mM solution of water dissolved phenol (pH 3) in the absence (a) and in the presence of a TiO2 anatase film, under different TiO2-Phenol contact times (b-d); C) a 3365 mM solution of acetonitrile dissolved benzene in absence (a) and presence of a TiO2 anatase film under different TiO2-Benzene contact times (b-c) (Reprinted with permission from Montoya JF, Atitar FM, Bahnemann DW, Peral J, Salvador P. Comprehensive Kinetic and Mechanistic Analysis of TiO2 Photocatalytic Reactions According to the Direct-Indirect (DI) Model: II) Experimental Validation. Journal of Physical Chemistry C; 28(118):14276–14290. Copyright (2014) American Chemical Society).
Interaction modes of benzene, formic acid and phenol, model organic compounds with the TiO2 surface (Reprinted with permission from Montoya JF, Atitar FM, Bahnemann DW, Peral J, Salvador P. Comprehensive Kinetic and Mechanistic Analysis of TiO2 Photocatalytic Reactions According to the Direct-Indirect (DI) Model: II) Experimental Validation. Journal of Physical Chemistry C; 28(118):14276–90. Copyright (2014) American Chemical Society).
In addition to the presented examples, several experimental and theoretical studies have been performed concerning the adsorption and various photocatalytic reactions by means of the ATR-FTIR technique. Table 3 presents a survey of published data on the adsorption as well as the photooxidation of aqueous organic compounds on metal oxide surfaces studied by means of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy.
Adsorbate or reactant | \n\t\t\tMaterial | \n\t\t\tStudy | \n\t\t\tRef | \n\t\t
Acetic acid | \n\t\t\tRutile | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[64] | \n\t\t
Acetate | \n\t\t\tRutile | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[65] | \n\t\t
Acrylic acid | \n\t\t\tP25 | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[66] | \n\t\t
Poly(Acrylic acid) | \n\t\t\tHematite | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[67] | \n\t\t
L-α-alanine | \n\t\t\tP25 | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[68] | \n\t\t
Amino acid | \n\t\t\tP25 Au/TiO2\n\t\t\t | \n\t\t\tPhoto-Oxidation | \n\t\t\t[69] | \n\t\t
p-Arsanilic acid | \n\t\t\tIron-(Oxyhydr)Oxides | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[70],[71] | \n\t\t
Aspartic acid | \n\t\t\tTiO2 (synthesis) | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[72] | \n\t\t
Benzoic acid / benzoate | \n\t\t\tAluminum Hydroxide | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[73] | \n\t\t
Boric acid | \n\t\t\tHydrous Ferric Oxide | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[74] | \n\t\t
Catechol | \n\t\t\tP25 | \n\t\t\tPhoto-Oxidation Adsorption | \n\t\t\t[75] [76] | \n\t\t
TiO2 (synthesis) Cr2O3\n\t\t\t\t MnO2\n\t\t\t\t Fe2O3\n\t\t\t | \n\t\t\tAdsorption Adsorption Adsorption Adsorption | \n\t\t\t[48] | \n\t\t|
4-Chlorocatechol | \n\t\t\tP25 | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[77] | \n\t\t
Citric acid | \n\t\t\tRutile Anatase | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[64] [78] | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tm-Cresol \n\t\t\t\to-Cresol | \n\t\t\tP25 | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[76] | \n\t\t
Cyclohexane | \n\t\t\tUV100 | \n\t\t\tAdsorption Photo-Oxidation | \n\t\t\t[33],[79] | \n\t\t
Cyclohexanone | \n\t\t\tTiO2 (synthesis) | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[80] | \n\t\t
Cysteine | \n\t\t\tP25 | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[47] | \n\t\t
Dextrin | \n\t\t\tAnatase | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[22] | \n\t\t
Dicarboxylates α-hydroxydicarboxylates | \n\t\t\tFe(III)(hydr)oxides | \n\t\t\tPhoto-Oxidation | \n\t\t\t[81] | \n\t\t
Dihydroxyphenylalanine | \n\t\t\tRutile | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[82] | \n\t\t
Dimethylarsinic acid | \n\t\t\tIron-(Oxyhydr)Oxides | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[70] | \n\t\t
E. Coli | \n\t\t\tP25 | \n\t\t\tPhoto-Oxidation | \n\t\t\t[83] | \n\t\t
Ethanol | \n\t\t\tTiO2 (synthesis) | \n\t\t\tPhoto-Oxidation | \n\t\t\t[84] | \n\t\t
Formic acid | \n\t\t\tRutile TiO2 (synthesis) | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[64] [55] | \n\t\t
Formate | \n\t\t\tRutile | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[65] | \n\t\t
Fumaric acid | \n\t\t\tHematite | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[85] | \n\t\t
Gallic acid | \n\t\t\tP25 | \n\t\t\tPhoto-Oxidation | \n\t\t\t[86] | \n\t\t
Glutamic acid | \n\t\t\tTiO2 (synthesis) | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[72] | \n\t\t
Glyoxylic acid | \n\t\t\tP25 | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[87] | \n\t\t
Isopropyl Methylphosphonofluoridate | \n\t\t\tP25 | \n\t\t\tAdsorption Photo-Oxidation | \n\t\t\t[88] | \n\t\t
Lactic acid | \n\t\t\tP25 | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[66] | \n\t\t
Maleic acid | \n\t\t\tHematite | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[85] | \n\t\t
Malonate | \n\t\t\tRutile Anatase | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[58] | \n\t\t
Malonic acid | \n\t\t\tAu/TiO2 (synthesis) P25 | \n\t\t\tPhoto-Oxidation | \n\t\t\t[89] [90] | \n\t\t
Nicotinic acid | \n\t\t\tTiO2 (synthesis) | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[51] | \n\t\t
Nitrate | \n\t\t\tAl2O3\n\t\t\t | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[91] | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\to-Phthalic acid | \n\t\t\tHematite | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[92] | \n\t\t
Oxalate | \n\t\t\tAnatase Rutile | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[58] | \n\t\t
Oxalic acid | \n\t\t\tAnatase Rutile Anatase | \n\t\t\tPhoto-Oxidation Adsorption | \n\t\t\t[61] [45] | \n\t\t
Phenol | \n\t\t\tAnatase P25 | \n\t\t\tAdsorption Photo-Oxidation | \n\t\t\t[11] [93] | \n\t\t
4,4‘-Bis(2-sulfostyryl)biphenyl | \n\t\t\tRutile Anatase Hematite δ-Alumina Lepidocrocite | \n\t\t\tPhoto-Oxidation | \n\t\t\t[94] | \n\t\t
β-Picoline | \n\t\t\tTiO2 (synthesis) | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[51] | \n\t\t
Polyacrylates | \n\t\t\tHematite | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[95] | \n\t\t
1,2-propylene glycol | \n\t\t\tP25 | \n\t\t\tPhoto-Oxidation | \n\t\t\t[93] | \n\t\t
Pyridine | \n\t\t\tP25 | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[96] | \n\t\t
Pyruvic Acid | \n\t\t\tP25 | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[66] | \n\t\t
Pyridine-3-carbaldehyde | \n\t\t\tTiO2 (synthesis) | \n\t\t\tadsorption | \n\t\t\t[97] [51] | \n\t\t
Ru-bpy | \n\t\t\tTiO2 (synthesis) | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[98] | \n\t\t
Succinate | \n\t\t\tRutile Anatase Lepidocrocite | \n\t\t\tAdsorption | \n\t\t\t[58] | \n\t\t
Succinic acid | \n\t\t\tHematite P25 | \n\t\t\tAdsorption Photo-Oxidation | \n\t\t\t[85] [90] | \n\t\t
Toluene | \n\t\t\tTiO2 (synthesis) P25-TiO2\n\t\t\t | \n\t\t\tPhoto-Oxidation | \n\t\t\t[99] [100] | \n\t\t
Selection of previously published ATR-FTIR studies concerning the adsorption and photooxidation of common ligands on metal oxides surfaces.
The ATR-FTIR technique offers the chance to obtain novel information concerning interfacial processes in situ. This information can be used to explain surface reaction mechanisms. Hence, ATR-FTIR studies are becoming increasingly popular as an investigative technique and may now be considered as one tool of choice in the field of interfacial chemistry when compared to other techniques, particularly in obtaining data under ambient conditions. This is due to the major advantages of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy such as the in situ data collection, as well as the high sensitivity, simplicity, and rapidity of the measurements.
The use of ATR-FTIR in the area of photocatalysis is of great importance since it provides both qualitative and quantitative molecular insight into interfacial processes occurring in the dark (adsorption) and under UV illumination (adsorption/desorption and chemical reactions). The information obtained will often be the key for a deeper understanding of the mechanisms occurring in metal oxide photocatalysis.
The signals are measured and analyzed from the organs of human body using various instruments. These types of signal processing called bio signal processing. The major challenges are to remove the noise from the signals and the resulting information is more useful for the clinicians [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10].
\nThe MRI, PET, CT, etc., generates more images and these images are processed using Artificial Intelligence and machine learning algorithms. The bio signal processing and machine learning [12] based medical image analysis accurately diagnosis the diseases by doctors.
\nThis section aims to collect a diverse and complementary set of emerging techniques that demonstrate new developments and applications of advanced signal and image processing in medical imaging. It will help both physicians and radiologists in the image interpretation, and help technicians to exchange the latest technical progresses.
\nA noteworthy test for execution of sign handling arrangements in cyber-physical systems (CPS) is the trouble of gaining information from topographically circulated perception hubs and putting away/preparing the amassed information at the combination focus (FC) [1, 2]. All things considered, there has been an ongoing flood of enthusiasm for improvement of conveyed and shared sign preparing advancements where adjustment, estimation, as well as control are performed locally and correspondence is constrained to nearby neighborhoods.
\nCyber-physical systems provides major facilities and it has more potential digital and physical assaults by enemies on sign handling modules could prompt an assortment of extreme outcomes including client data spillage, devastation of foundations, and jeopardizing human lives [3]. Then again, the requirement for participation between neighboring hubs makes it basic to anticipate the revelation of delicate nearby data during conveyed data combination step.
\nCyber-physical systems give strategies and help to tackle prognostic issues in an assortment of medicinal areas [4]. Machine leaning algorithms (ML) are used to examine the significance of clinical parameters, e.g. expectation of ailment movement, therapeutic learning, patient administration, etc.., [5]. ML is being utilized for information examination in medical field [6]. It contend that the fruitful execution of ML strategies can help the combination of PC based frameworks in the medicinal services condition giving chances to encourage and upgrade crafted by medicinal specialists.
\nAnalysts in various fields use multimodal information. One of its most regular usages is in the field of human computer interaction (HCI). Here, a methodology is a characteristic method for collaboration: discourse, vision, confront articulations, penmanship, motions, head, and body developments [7, 8]. Multimodal interfaces encourages human computer interface [9] supplant the conventional console and mouse. Multimodal speaker recognition, distinguishes the dynamic speaker in a sound video grouping, which contains a few speakers, in light of the connection between the sound and the development in the video [10].
\nStatistical signal processing is an approach to signal processing which treats signals as stochastic processes, utilizing their statistical properties to perform signal processing tasks. Statistical techniques are widely used in signal processing applications [13, 14].
\nIn signal processing techniques for data hiding a novel system for embeddings and recuperating “shrouded” information in sound documents. In this procedure, the period of picked segments of the host sound flag is controlled in a way that might be identified by a collector with the best possible “key” [15]. Without the key, the shrouded information is imperceptible; both aurally and through visually impaired computerized flag handling assaults. The technique portrayed is both aurally straightforward and vigorous and can be connected to both simple and computerized sound flags, the last including uncompressed and additionally packed sound record designs. Information stowing away present by relative stage encoding and quantization record adjustment stage encoding technique [16].
\nOptical signal processing unites different fields of optics and signal processing to be specific, nonlinear gadgets and procedures, simple and computerized signal, and propelled information tweak arrangements to accomplish fast signal processing capacities that can conceivably work at the line rate of fiber optic interchanges [17, 18]. Data can be encoded in abundancy, stage, wavelength, polarization and spatial highlights of an optical wave to accomplish high-limit transmission. Different optical nonlinearities and chromatic scattering have been appeared to empower key sub-framework applications, for example, wavelength transformation, multicasting, multiplexing, demultiplexing, and tunable optical postponements. Optical flag preparing utilizing cognizant optical recurrence looks over could have different potential applications for optical correspondences. At first a way to deal with accomplish a tunable optical high-arrange QAM [19] age in light of multichannel total and an all-optical pilot-tone based self-homodyne-recognition is utilized by two situations: (i) numerous WDM channels with adequate intensity of pilot tones, and (ii) a solitary channel with a low-control pilot tone. At long last, a divided data transmission assignment empowered by reconfigurable channel cutting and sewing.
\nThe virtual physiological human is synonymous with a program in computational biomedicine that plans to build up a system of strategies and advancements to examine the human body in general [20, 21]. It is predicated on the transformational character of data innovation, offered as a powerful influence for that most essential of human concerns, our own wellbeing and prosperity. The VPH is a composed gathering of computational structures and ICT-based instruments for the multilevel displaying and recreation of the human life structures and physiology. Once adequately built up, the VPH [22] will give a fundamental innovative foundation to the Physiome Project, to pathology-particular activities in translational research, and to vertical answers for the biomedical business.
\nResearch in electroencephalogram (EEG) based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) has been extensively extending during the most recent couple of years. To Such extent owes an enormous degree to the multidisciplinary and testing nature of BCI inquire about. Sign preparing and example acknowledgment without a doubt comprise fundamental segments of a BCI framework. Sign handling calculations are connected to the EEG sign to interpret mental states which are pertinent for BCI activity. In this instructional exercise, the fundamental BCI ideas, for example, mind movement checking, BCI task, and the important mental states for BCI, are presented. The fundamental kinds of significant mental states for BCI, to be specific engine symbolism (ERD/ERS), enduring state visual evoked possibilities (SSVEP) [23], and occasion related possibilities are introduced alongside commonsense application precedents.
\nThe EEG preparing for mental state disentangling is depicted inside and out. The multivariate idea of the EEG joined with the neuroscience learning on hemispheric cerebrum specialization is beneficially considered to infer ideal mixes of the individual sign creating the EEG [24]. BCIs are named by the kind of mind action utilized for control. Among a few classifications of EEG-based BCIs, including P300, unfaltering state visual evoked potential (SSVEP), occasion related desynchronization (ERD), and moderate cortical potential based sign preparing.
\nIn humans, interactions between neuron circuits, systems and signals among micro-, meso- and macro-scales of brain dynamics underpin the functional organization of the brain that supports our daily life activity. Mathematical, computational and experimental neuroscientists apply a variety of methods, techniques and algorithms, both in animals and humans, ranging from single cell recordings to whole brain imaging, in order to identify the core mechanisms that govern the interactions among these scales. Although our knowledge of neural mechanisms, circuits and networks underlying brain dynamics and functions constantly grows, the integration of this knowledge to provide a conceptual framework of emergent behavior [25] and pattern formation occurring on different levels of spatial organization remains challenging.
\nIn biomedical calculation, the nonstop difficulties are: the board, investigation, and capacity of the biomedical information. The Spark engineering enables us to create suitable and productive strategies to use an enormous number of pictures for characterization, which can be redone as for one another [27]. In prescription, the information experienced are for the most part acquired from patients. This information comprise of physiological sign, pictures, and recordings. They can be put away or transmitted utilizing proper equipment and systems. One of the administrations utilized in prescription for the capacity and transmission of picture information is the picture archiving and communication system (PACS).
\nThe enormous information innovations are ordered into four classes [28, 29]: (1) information stockpiling and recovery, (2) mistake ID, (3) information examination, and (4) stage mix arrangement. These classifications are related and may cover; for example, most information input applications may bolster basic information examination, or the other way around.
\nThe examination model has been recently abused as an option in contrast to the traditional scanty amalgamation model for planning picture recreation techniques. Applying an appropriate examination administrator on the picture of intrigue yields a cosparse result [30] which empowers us to remake the picture from under sampled information. Moreover earlier in the investigation setting and hypothetically ponder the uniqueness issues as far as examination administrators when all is said in done position and the particular 2D limited distinction administrator. In light of the possibility of iterative co-bolster discovery (ICD) a novel picture remaking model and a successful calculation, accomplishing essentially better recreation execution.
\nUtilization of computer-aided technologies in tissue engineering research and development has evolved a development of a new field of computer-aided tissue engineering (CATE). Three dimensional (3D) printing is an added substance producing process. This innovation furnishes us with the chance to make 3D structures by including material a layer-by-layer premise, utilizing various types of materials, for example, earthenware production, metals, plastics, and polymers. These days, tissue building examinations are occurring on an across the board premise in the fields of recovery, reclamation, or substitution of blemished or harmed useful living organs and tissues. 3D bio-printing [31] is a flexible developing innovation that is discovering its way through all parts of human life. The capability of 3D printers can be abused in territories of biomedical designing, for example, key research, tranquilize conveyance, testing, and additionally in clinical practice. About all present therapeutic nonorganic inserts, for example, ear prostheses, are made in foreordained sizes and designs that are generally utilized for patients. This method permits more precise customized assembling of gadgets made to the patient’s own particulars. Bio-printing is being utilized to make more exact nonbiologic and organic research. Describe a method for hiding data in audio files that employs the manipulation of the phase of selected spectral components of the host audio file we describe a method for hiding data in audio files that employs the manipulation of the phase of selected spectral components of the host audio file.
\nFor an example, in \nFigure 1\n automated quantification of tumors remains to quantify signal intensity changes in MR images, and this is a difficult problem because of the artifacts affecting images such as partial volume effects and intensity in homogeneities. Low level segmentation methods such as intensity thresholding, edge detection, region growing, region merging and morphological operation are not well suited for automated quantification of the signal abnormalities as these techniques rely on image operators that analyze intensity, texture or shape locally in each voxel, and therefore too easily mislead by ambiguities in the image or require user interaction.
\nTumor MR image taken after 15 days.
Data driven systems have gotten expanding consideration as of late to solve different issues in biomedical imaging. Information driven models and methodologies so forth., give promising execution in picture remaking issues in attractive reverberation imaging, processed tomography, and different modalities in respect to conventional methodologies utilizing hand-created models, for example, the discrete cosine change, wavelets. In this term envelops the most recent methodologies for making all parts of imaging framework information driven, including information procurement and examining, picture recreation, and handling/examination. Intelligent imaging frameworks would ceaselessly gain from huge datasets and on-the-fly and adjust for speed, productivity, and picture execution or quality.
\nA best example of intelligent imaging is the identification of affected and healthy images based on the discrimination capabilities in fundus image textures. For this purpose, as a texture descriptor for retinal eye images has been done and the area and time consumption has been reduced by the means of extended binary patterns (EBP). The main aim is to reduce the size and time consumption and also differentiate between age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy (DR), and normal fundus images with the retina background texture by leaving lesions previous segmentation stage with the proposed procedure and obtaining promising results. The best results of each experiment on the model set are highlighted in tables. This work makes use of the EBP operator. In particular, the performance of EBP was compared with LPB as shown in \nFigure 2\n.
\n3D MRI image visualization using 3D slicer. Image courtesy of the 3D slicer.
The real issue with the exact mode disintegration (EMD) calculation is its absence of a hypothetical system. In this way, it is hard to portray and assess 2-D case, the utilization of an elective usage to the algorithmic meaning of the alleged “filtering process” utilized as a part of the first EMD strategy. This approach, particularly in light of fractional differential conditions (PDEs) and depends on a nonlinear dissemination based sifting procedure to tackle the mean envelope estimation issue. In the 1-D case, the productivity of the PDE-based technique, contrasted with the first EMD algorithmic rendition, was additionally delineated in an ongoing paper. As of late, a few 2-D expansions of the EMD strategy have been proposed. Regardless of some exertion, 2-D adaptations for EMD show up inadequately performing and are extremely tedious. So an expansion to the 2-D space of the PDE-based approach is widely depicted. This approach has been connected in instances of both flag and picture decay. The acquired outcomes affirm the value of the new PDE-based filtering process for the disintegration of different sorts of information. The adequacy of the approach empowers its utilization in various signal and image applications such as denoising, detrending or texture analysis.
\n\n\nFigure 2\n demonstrates the visualization of 3D MRI image using 3D slicer used to perform various analysis on brain tumor in early stages.
\nIn recent years, hyperspectral imaging (HSI) [32] has risen as a promising optical innovation for biomedical applications, principally forever sciences look into, yet in addition went for nonintrusive conclusion and picture guided medical procedure. Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) innovations have been utilized broadly in medicinal research, focusing on different organic wonders and various tissue writes. Their high ghostly determination over an extensive variety of wavelengths empowers procurement of spatial data comparing to various light interacting natural mixes. It is fit for giving constant quantitative data to a few organic procedures in both solid and ailing tissues. Hyperspectral inspecting and determination are for the most part considered the key factors that recognize HSI and MSI, while MSI centers around discrete and generally separated wavelength groups, HSI basically uses extremely tight and neighboring otherworldly groups over a nonstop phantom range, as to recreate the range of every pixel in the image.
\nMedicinal imaging procedures have generally been being used in the finding and identification of disease. Microcalcifications and masses are the soonest indications of tumor which must be identified utilizing current procedures. The trouble in characterization of generous and harmful microcalcifications [33] likewise causes a critical issue in restorative picture handling. Computerized classifiers might be valuable for radiologists in recognizing benevolent and dangerous examples. Consequently, an artificial neural system (ANN) [11, 26] which can be filled in as a computerized classifier is examined. In medicinal picture preparing, ANNs have been connected to an assortment of information order and example acknowledgment errands and turn into a promising characterization instrument in bosom malignancy. In this way, extraordinary determinations of picture highlights will bring about various arrangement choices. These requests can be parceled into three sorts: in any case, the method in light of estimations, for instance, support vector machine; second, the methodology in perspective on oversee, for instance, decision tree and unforgiving sets; and third, fake neural framework. Diverse ANNs made rely upon extending the veritable positive (TP) revelation rate and decreasing the bogus positive (FP) and false negative (FN) acknowledgment rate for the perfect result. Use of wavelet in ANNs, for instance, particle swarm optimized wavelet neural network (PSOWNN), biorthogonal spline wavelet ANN, second-orchestrate dim dimension ANN, and Gabor wavelets ANN can improve the affectability and explicitness which are acquired in masses and microcalcification acknowledgment.
\nBiomedical sign and picture handling comprises particular interests in the informative and research field in biomedical structure. With the redesigned physiological data, a wide course of action of innovative works in clinical techniques makes usage of this thought in the restorative applications. With headway in biomedical imaging, the proportion of data created by multimodality picture strategies, e.g., stretching out from computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and positron emission tomography (PET), magnetic particle imaging, EE/MEG, optical microscopy and tomography, photoacoustic tomography, electron tomography, and atomic force microscopy, has grown exponentially and the possibility of such data has logically ended up being more amazing. This represents an awesome test on the best way to grow new propelled imaging strategies and computational models for productive information handling, investigation and displaying in clinical applications and in understanding the basic natural process. Signal and image processing is pervasive in present day biomedical imaging, as it gives fundamental procedures to picture development, upgrade, coding, stockpiling, transmission, examination, comprehension, and representation from any of an expanding number of various multidimensional detecting modalities. To address this difficulty, usually natural image preprocessing methodology, for example, highlight extraction, picture combination, grouping and division need acclimatized clever strategies that can handle with the mass and decent variety of the data and frequently have the capacity to incorporate and process information from nonimaging sources.
\nThis chapter mainly focused on signals and latest techniques in medical image processing which will create more interest in biomedical research fields. With the latest trends in data acquisition, a wide course of action of innovative works in clinical techniques applied in restorative applications. In biomedical imaging the data acquisition systems like computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET), optical microscopy etc., captures images of the patients. These systems grow exponentially and generate huge data which had more useful information. The high performance computing (HPC) methods analyze the images and visualize images in 3D view as well as pixel wise analysis with very less processing time. The major challenges in the brain tumor detection are to explore the exact location, shape and different tumor tissues and nontumor tissues. The artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) address these challenges which supports radiologist and also for patients.
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