Froth delineation based on image classification

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1183-1192

  Wang, W ^a,b,c   Bergholm, F ^b   Yang, B ^a  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Classification; Flotation bubbles; Flotation froth; On line analysis; Process control

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUBBLE FORMATION; COLOR; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MINERALS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL;

FROTH BUBBLES; FROTH DELINEATION; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MINERAL PROCESSING;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 0344515556     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2003.07.014     Document Type: Article

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