Segmentation of scanning electron microscopy images from natural rubber samples with gold nanoparticles using starlet wavelets

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-78

  De Siqueira, Alexandre Fioravante ^a   Cabrera, Flávio Camargo ^a   Pagamisse, Aylton ^a   Job, Aldo Eloizo ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gold nanoparticles; Image processing; Natural rubber; Scanning electron microscopy; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; IMAGE PROCESSING - METHODS; IMAGES PROCESSING; MATERIALS STRUCTURE; RUBBER MEMBRANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; TEST IMAGES; WAVELET;

GOLD NANOPARTICLES;

GOLD; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; RUBBER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WAVELETS;

GOLD NANOPARTICLES; IMAGE PROCESSING; NATURAL RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAVELETS;

ALGORITHMS; GOLD; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RUBBER;

EID: 84890442397     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22314     Document Type: Article

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