A brief review of machine vision in the context of automated wood identification systems

IAWA Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-250

  Hermanson, John C ^a,b   Wiedenhoeft, Alex C ^a,b  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Stump ch Boles   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Illegal logging; Machine vision; Pattern recognition; Wood identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958131405     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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