Automatic measurement of surface tension from noisy images using a component labeling method

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 299, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 109-116

  Zuo, Yi Y ^a   Do, Chau ^b   Neumann, A Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axisymmetric drop shape analysis (ADSA); Biofluids; Component labeling; Image analysis; Surface tension measurement

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); IMAGE PROCESSING; LIQUIDS; POLYMERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TURBIDITY;

AXISYMMETRIC DROP SHAPE ANALYSIS (ADSA); BIOFLUIDS; LIQUID-LIQUID SYSTEMS; NOISY IMAGES;

SURFACE TENSION;

ARTICLE; DIGITAL IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUID; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SURFACE TENSION; TURBIDITY;

EID: 33947320285     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.11.027     Document Type: Article

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