Automated labeling of log features in CT imagery of multiple hardwood species

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 287-300

  Schmoldt, Daniel L ^a   He, Jing ^b   Abbott, A Lynn ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b Image Processing Department   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Image analysis; Industrial inspection; Log processing; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008433709     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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