A morphological fusion algorithm for optical detection and quantification of decay patterns on stone surfaces

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 228-238

  Kapsalas, P ^a   Maravelaki Kalaitzaki, P ^b   Zervakis, M ^a   Delegou, E T ^c   Moropoulou, A ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b MINISTRY OF CULTURE   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blob analysis; Chemical cleaning evaluation; Morphological operations; Optical inspection; Statistical evaluation; Stone decay diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL CLEANING; DETERIORATION; MARBLE; MORPHOLOGY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

BLACK CRUST FORMATION; BLOB ANALYSIS; DECAY PATTERNS; GAUSSIANS FILTER; OPTICAL DETECTION; OPTICAL INSPECTION; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; STONE DECAY DIAGNOSIS; STONE SURFACES;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 37349082864     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2006.08.024     Document Type: Article

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