Automated estimation of rock fragment distributions using computer vision and its application in mining

IEE Proceedings: Vision, Image and Signal Processing

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Salinas, R A ^a   Raff, U ^a   Farfan, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ROCKS;

MINING INDUSTRY; ROCK FRAGMENT DISTRIBUTIONS; WATERSHED SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUE;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 17244381500     PISSN: 1350245X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-vis:20050810     Document Type: Article

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