Sewer pipe deformation assessment by image analysis of video surveys

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-180

  Xu, Kun ^a   Luxmoore, A R ^a   Davies, T ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cracking detection; Fourier descriptors; Gap filling; Image processing; Profile discriminations; Shape analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION SYSTEMS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; VIDEO RECORDING;

COLOUR FRAME GRABBER BOARD; PROFILE DISCRIMINATIONS; SEWER PIPE DEFORMATION ASSESSMENT; SHAPE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 0031994112     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3203(97)00037-X     Document Type: Article

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