Improved segmentation of meteorite micro-CT images using local histograms

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 129-134

  Griffin, L D ^a   Elangovan, P ^b,c   Mundell, A ^a   Hezel, D C ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ground truth; Image segmentation; Local histograms; Meteorites; Micro CT; Pixel classification

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION; CA , AL-RICH INCLUSIONS; CT IMAGE; GROUND TRUTH; IMPROVED METHODS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; LOCAL HISTOGRAM; MATRIX; MICRO CT; OPAQUE PHASIS; PIXEL CLASSIFICATION; PIXEL INTENSITIES; POOR PERFORMANCE; SEMI-AUTOMATED;

GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; METEORITES; PIXELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; HISTOGRAM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MATRIX; METEORITE; PIXEL; SEGMENTATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84855552958     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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