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Finally, beginning roughly in the late 1970's, [[Charge-coupled device|CCD digital sensors]] for capturing images and computers which could process those images, began to revolutionize the process by using [[digital imaging]]. Although the actual algorithms for performing [[digital image processing]] had been around for some time, it was not until the significant computing power needed to perform these analyses became available at reasonable prices that digital imaging techniques could be brought to bear in the mainstream. The first dynamic imaging particle analysis system was patented in 1982 <ref>{{US patent|4338024}}</ref>.

WithAs thesefaster computing resources became available at lowered costs, the task of making measurements from microscope images of particles could now be performed automatically by machine without human intervention, making it possible to measure significantly larger numbers of particles in much less time.

==Imaging Particle Analysis Basic Methodology:==