Artificial intelligence based techniques for processing segmented images of wood boards

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-128

  Pham, D T ^a   Alcock, R J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Automated visual inspection; Fuzzy logic; Image segmentation; Quality control; Self organizing neural networks; Wood inspection

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER VISION; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; QUALITY CONTROL; VENEERS;

AUTOMATED VISUAL INSPECTION (AVI); SELF-ORGANIZING NEURAL NETWORKS; VENEER BOARDS;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 0031635068     PISSN: 09544089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954408981529358     Document Type: Article

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