Classification accuracy and compatibility across devices of a new Rapid-E+ flow cytometer

Autor: B. Sikoparija, P. Matavulj, I. Simovic, P. Radisic, S. Brdar, V. Minic, D. Tesendic, E. Kadantsev, J. Palamarchuk, M. Sofiev
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Vol 17, Pp 5051-5070 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1867-1381
1867-8548
DOI: 10.5194/amt-17-5051-2024
Popis: The study evaluated a new model of a Plair SA airflow cytometer, Rapid-E+, and assessed its suitability for airborne pollen monitoring within operational networks. Key features of the new model are compared with the previous one, Rapid-E. A machine learning algorithm is constructed and evaluated for (i) classification of reference pollen types in laboratory conditions and (ii) monitoring in real-life field campaigns. The second goal of the study was to evaluate the device usability in forthcoming monitoring networks, which would require similarity and reproducibility of the measurement signal across devices. We employed three devices and analysed (dis-)similarities of their measurements in laboratory conditions. The lab evaluation showed similar recognition performance to that of Rapid-E, but field measurements in conditions when several pollen types were present in the air simultaneously showed notably lower agreement of Rapid-E+ with manual Hirst-type observations than those of the older model. An exception was the total-pollen measurements. Comparison across the Rapid-E+ devices revealed noticeable differences in fluorescence measurements between the three devices tested. As a result, application of the recognition algorithm trained on the data from one device to another led to large errors. The study confirmed the potential of the fluorescence measurements for discrimination between different pollen classes, but each instrument needed to be trained individually to achieve acceptable skills. The large uncertainty of fluorescence measurements and their variability between different devices need to be addressed to improve the device usability.
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