Automated planning and optimization of lumber production using machine vision and computed tomography

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 677-695

  Bhandarkar, Suchendra M ^a   Luo, Xingzhi ^a   Daniels, Richard F ^b   William Tollner, E ^c  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated lumber grading; Automated lumber production; Computed tomography (CT); Lumber production optimization; Nondestructive evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROL THEORY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; HARDWOODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; RESTORATION; SAWING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

AUTOMATED LUMBER GRADING; AUTOMATED LUMBER PRODUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT); LUMBER PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION;

LUMBER;

EID: 54849144300     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2008.925254     Document Type: Article

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