Locating knots in wood with an infrared detector system

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 80-84

  Quin Jr , Franklin ^a   Steele, Philip H ^a   Shmulsky, Rubin ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; DEFECTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED HEATING; PLANTS (BOTANY); TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

INFRARED KNOT DETECTION; KNOTS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE;

WOOD;

EID: 0032179404     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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