Image segmentation algorithms applied to wood defect detection

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 157-179

  Funck, J W ^a   Zhong, Y ^b   Butler, D A ^a   Brunner, C C ^a   Forrer, J B ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

Defects; Image processing; Image segmentation; Scanning; Wood

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; DEFECTS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

GRAY-SCALE DATA;

WOOD;

ALGORITHM; DEFECT; DETECTION METHOD; IMAGE PROCESSING; REMOTE SENSING; TIMBER;

ALGORITHMS; DEFECTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; WOOD;

EID: 0242507736     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(03)00049-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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