Identification of mineral grains in a petrographic thin section using phi- and max-images

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 781-801

  Zhou, Ye ^a   Starkey, John ^b   Mansinha, Lalu ^b  

^a SMART Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Edge detection; Grain boundary detection; Petrographic image; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MINERAL; THIN SECTION;

EID: 26844474995     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: 15738868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MATG.0000041179.79093.87     Document Type: Review

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