Automatic quantification of crack patterns by image processing

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-80

  Liu, Chun ^a   Tang, Chao Sheng ^a   Shi, Bin ^a   Suo, Wen Bin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CIAS; Crack; Geometric parameter; Image processing; Quantification

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC QUANTIFICATION; CIAS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS METHODS; CRACK IDENTIFICATION; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATIVE METHOD; QUANTIFICATION;

BINARY IMAGES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING;

CRACKS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRACK; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84877660814     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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