Detection of densely dispersed spherical bubbles in digital images based on a template matching technique. Application to wet foams

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 309, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 96-106

  Zabulis, X ^a,b   Papara, M ^a   Chatziargyriou, A ^a,b   Karapantsios, T D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bubble size; Bubble size distribution; Foam; Image analysis; Image correlation; Particle detection; Scale space; Template matching

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FOAMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPLATE MATCHING;

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE CORRELATION; PARTICLE DETECTION; SCALE-SPACE;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BUBBLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIGITAL IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL STATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34548443764     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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