Estimation of riverbed grain-size distribution using image-processing techniques

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 440-441, Issue , 2012, Pages 102-112

  Chang, Fi John ^a   Chung, Chang Han ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Feedback pulse couple neural network (FPCNN); Hydrogeology; Image processing; River bed material; Watershed transform algorithm (WST)

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION; DIGITAL IMAGE; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS; FLUVIAL GRAVELS; GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; IMAGE PROCESSING - METHODS; MULTILEVEL THRESHOLDING; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; TIME SPENT; WATERSHED TRANSFORM ALGORITHM;

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; PHOTOGRAPHY;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DIGITAL IMAGE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; GRAVEL; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRECISION; RIVER BED; SAMPLING; SEGMENTATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATERSHED;

EID: 84860334127     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.03.032     Document Type: Article

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