Detection of cracks in computer tomography images of logs

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 2282-2294

  Bhandarkar, Suchendra M ^a   Luo, Xingzhi ^a   Daniels, Richard ^b   Tollner, E William ^c  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer tomography; Crack detection; Internal defect detection; Internal log defects; Log scanning; Lumber production planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTOUR FOLLOWERS; CRACKS; LUMBER; PRODUCTIVITY; SAWING; SCANNING;

COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CRACK DETECTION; INTERNAL DEFECT DETECTION; INTERNAL LOG DEFECTS; LOG SCANNING; LUMBER PRODUCTION PLANNING;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

CRACKS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOGS; LUMBER; PRODUCTION; SAWING; SCANNING; SHAPE;

EID: 25644445118     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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