Potential of hyperspectral imaging for quality control of polymer blend films

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3033-3042

  Gosselin, Ryan ^a   Rodrigue, Denis ^a   Ez, Rubén Gonzál Núñ ^b   Duchesne, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER PROPERTIES; FILM COMPOSITIONS; FILM QUALITIES; HYPER-SPECTRAL IMAGING; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SENSORS; IMAGING SENSORS; LOCALIZED DEFECTS; MACROSCOPIC SCALE; MULTIVARIATE IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEAR INFRA REDS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE MONITORING; OPERATING CONDITIONS; POLYMER-BLEND FILMS; PROBE ARRAYS; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; STRETCHING EFFECTS; TEXTURAL FEATURES;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED DEVICES; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMER FILMS; PROBES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SENSORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 65449170483     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800997x     Document Type: Article

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