Methods for threshold optimization for images collected from contrast enhanced concrete surfaces for air-void system characterization

Materials Characterization

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 710-715

  Peterson, Karl ^a   Carlson, Jeremy ^b   Sutter, Lawrence ^a   Van Dam, Thomas ^c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arrowhead Concrete   (United States)

^c APPLIED PAVEMENT TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Air entrainment; Air voids; Kappa statistic; Threshold determination

Indexed keywords

AIR-VOID SYSTEMS; ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES; AUTOMATED METHODS; AUTOMATED PROCEDURES; CALIBRATION PROCEDURES; CONCRETE SURFACES; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENTS; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DIGITAL IMAGES; HARDENED CONCRETES; IMAGING COMMUNITIES; ITERATIVE APPROACHES; KAPPA STATISTIC; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; SCANNED IMAGES; THRESHOLD DETERMINATION; THRESHOLD LEVELS; THRESHOLD OPTIMIZATIONS;

CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CONCRETES; PIXELS;

AIR ENTRAINMENT;

EID: 67349244782     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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