Watershed functions applied to a 3D image segmentation problem for the analysis of packed particle beds

Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 237-245

  Videla, Alvaro ^a   Lin, Chen Luh ^a   Miller, Jan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal washability; Image analysis; Irregular particle shape; Packed particle bed; Segmentation; Watershed; X ray microtomography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PACKED BEDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

COAL WASHABILITY; IRREGULAR PARTICLE SHAPE; PACKED PARTICLE BEDS; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 33750698997     PISSN: 09340866     EISSN: 15214117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.200601055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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