On the development of a novel image analysis technique to distinguish between flocs and filaments in activated sludge images

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 381-387

  Cenens, C ^a   Van Beurden, K P ^a   Jenne R ^a   Van Impe, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological waste water treatment; Filamentous bacteria; Filamentous bulking; Floc forming bacteria; Image analysis; Mixed cultures

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; PILOT PLANTS; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FILAMENTS; FLOCS;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BACTERIUM; FLOC; IMAGE ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALGORITHM; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOREACTOR; FLOCCULATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; BIOREACTORS; FLOCCULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 0036024792     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2002.0505     Document Type: Conference Paper

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