Computer blob detection and tracking for highly repeatable optical fiber sensor

2014 9th International Conference on Intelligent Systems: Theories and Applications, SITA 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Azami, Nawfel ^a   El Idrissi, Driss ^a,b   Amrane, Said ^a   Harmouchi, Mohammed ^b  

^a National Institute of Posts and Telecommunications Morocco   (Morocco)

^b HASSAN 1ST UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Blob detection; optical fiber; polarization; processing; sensors; tracking

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING FIBER; PROBES; PROCESSING; SENSORS; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

BLOB DETECTION; CENTROID ALGORITHM; ETCHING RATE; EVANESCENT SENSORS; FIBER PROBE; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; POLARIZATION MAINTAINING OPTICAL FIBER;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 84904650098     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SITA.2014.6847297     Document Type: Conference Paper

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