Quantitative characterization of coal by means of microfocal X-ray computed microtomography (CMT) and color image analysis (CIA)

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 69-88

  Simons, Frederik J ^a,b   Verhelst, Frédéric ^a,c   Swennen, Rudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Image analysis; Least squares analysis; Macerals; Tomography; X ray analysis

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; CORRELATION METHODS; GEOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; MICROFOCAL X RAY COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

COAL;

COAL; COLOUR IMAGE ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACERAL; X-RAY COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031252181     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(97)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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