Automatic object detection to analyze the geometry of gravel grains - A free stand-alone tool

River Flow 2012 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 595-600

  Detert, M ^a   Weitbrecht, V ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED PROCEDURES; AXIS RATIO; FREE ACCESS; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; GRADING CURVE; GRAIN ORIENTATION; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GRAVEL BED; IN-SITU; OBJECT DETECTION; SEMI-AUTOMATIC CONTROL;

AUTOMATION; CONTROL; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; GRAVEL; HYDRAULICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; STREAM FLOW;

OBJECT RECOGNITION;

EID: 84867951967     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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