Laboratory validation of a smartphone-based sensor for diffuse optical volume properties

This data set contains raw image data for laboratory validation of a diffuse-optical, smartphone-based sensor. The measurements were taken using scattering phantoms with known scattering and absorption coefficient. The raw image files have been converted to an uncompressed Adobe-.dng file format, file names indicate whether the file contains data for the three scattering phantoms (One, Two, Three) or spatial calibration data using a 9mm x 9mm calibration pattern (calib). The raw images are located in the folder ./calib. Matlab code is contained in the filder ./matlab. It can be run on Matlab R2021b.

For analyzing the raw data set, use "CameraBatchCalib.m". It wraps around the function "CameraAnalysisCalib.m", which performs the image analysis and least-square fit to resorted and rescaled data, employing in turn the model function "theosurfG.m". The resulting data is plotted for comparison with the nominal attenuation length of the scattering phantoms.

If you wish to use this data set please contact Markus Allgaier at [e-mail] with a description of the work and any questions so that we may offer guidance in regards to the best usage of our dataset and code. When using the data set within a publication, please cite:

Markus Allgaier & Brian Smith, "A Smartphone-Based Sensor for Measuring the Optical Properties of Snow", in preparation, (2022).

The underlying fit function is based on the calculations from:

Markus Allgaier and Smith, Diffuse optics for glaciology, Opt. Express 29, 18845–18864 (2021)