Parametric active contour for boundary estimation of weld defects in radiographic testing

2007 9th International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications, ISSPA 2007, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Goumeidane, A B ^a   Khamadja, M ^b   Odet, C ^c  

^a Centre Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Soudage et Controle   (Algeria)

^b Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

BOUNDARY ESTIMATION; ESTIMATION PROBLEM; EXTERNAL FORCE; NEW APPROACHES; PARAMETRIC ACTIVE CONTOURS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; RADIOGRAPHIC TESTING; SNAKE INITIALIZATION;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 51549099089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSPA.2007.4555552     Document Type: Conference Paper

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