A neurofuzzy color image segmentation method for wood surface defect detection

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 52-58

  Ruz, Gonzalo A ^a   Estévez, Pablo A ^a   Perez, Claudio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DEFECTS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; NEURAL NETWORKS; QUALITY CONTROL; SURFACE STRUCTURE; WOOD;

FUZZY MIN-MAX NEURAL NETWORKS FOR IMAGE SEGMENTATION (FMMIS); MINIMUM BOUNDED RECTANGLE (MBR); NEUROFUZZY COLOR IMAGE SEGMENTATIONS; WOOD SURFACE DEFECT DIRECTIONS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHMS; DEFECTS; NEURAL NETWORKS; QUALITY CONTROL; SURFACE STRUCTURE; WOOD;

EID: 18144374881     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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