Automated knot detection with visual post-processing of Douglas-fir veneer images

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 163-171

  Todoroki, C L ^a   Lowell, E C ^b   Dykstra, D ^b  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic velocity; Image processing; Knot detection; Veneer stiffness

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; ACOUSTIC VELOCITY; ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDING; COMPLETE SETS; CONFUSION MATRICES; DIGITAL IMAGE; DOUGLAS FIR; GLOBAL THRESHOLDING; GREY SCALE; GREY SCALE IMAGES; IN-PHASE; KNOT DETECTION; MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS; PERFORMANCE METRICS; POST PROCESSING; RECALL RATE; SEGMENTED IMAGES; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS; TRUE POSITIVE; TWO PHASE ALGORITHM; VENEER SHEETS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; PIXELS; STIFFNESS;

VENEERS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; ALGORITHM; CONIFEROUS TREE; DETECTION METHOD; DIGITAL IMAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; ROBOTICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

ACOUSTICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; VELOCITY; VENEERS;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 72149131182     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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