Yes, that’s true. Now, for the first time we (simple engineers :-)) are useful for the High Physics. The researcers from CASPER (Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering Research) Baylor University, TX, USA have used our open source code in Matlab and our ideas to analyze dust particles in plasma. Read their preprinted version on ArXiV, or find it yourself as
“Digital Imaging and Analysis of Dusty Plasmas”, C.M. Boesse, M.K. Henry, T.W. Hyde and L.S. Matthews, accepted for publication in Advances in Space Research, 2003.