A high-accuracy polynomial fitting approach to determine contact angles

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 219, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 215-231

  Bateni, A ^a   Susnar, S S ^a   Amirfazli, A ^b   Neumann, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Drop shape; Image processing; Polynomial fitting; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE PROCESSING;

AUTOMATED POLYNOMIAL FITTING (APF) SCHEME;

POLYNOMIALS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; CONTACT ANGLE; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038521289     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-7757(03)00053-0     Document Type: Article

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