Image Analysis Measurements of White Specks on U.S. Extreme Varieties of Cotton

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 525-533

  Bel, Patricia ^a   xu, Bugao ^b  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

cotton maturity; image analysis; nep; white speck

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; DYES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS;

COTTON MATURITY; FIBER DEFECT; FIBER ENTANGLEMENTS; NEP; WHITE SPECK;

COTTON FABRICS;

BALE; COTTON; DEFECT; DYED FABRIC; FIBER PROPERTY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATURITY; NEP; WOVEN FABRIC;

EID: 33746647298     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517506062633     Document Type: Article

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