Detection capabilities of automated hardwood lumber defect-detection systems

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 51-57

  Buehlmann, Urs ^a   Lihra, Torsten ^b,d   Rancourt, Véronique ^b   Ait Kadi, Daoud ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECT-DETECTION; HARDWOOD LUMBER; LABOR-INTENSIVE;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; DEFECTS; SAWMILLS; SCANNING;

HARDWOODS;

AUTOMATION; DECISION MAKING; HARDWOODS; LUMBER;

BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS;

EID: 36349024522     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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