Image analysis for the identification of coherent structures in plasma

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6696, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Love, Nicole S ^a   Kamath, Chandrika ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent structures; Object detection; Plasma edge turbulence; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

FUSION REACTORS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT EMISSION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PLASMA TURBULENCE;

COHERENT STRUCTURES; OBJECT DETECTION; PLASMA EDGE TURBULENCE;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 42149135971     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.732451     Document Type: Conference Paper

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