A novel method for vegetation encroachment monitoring of transmission lines using a single 2D camera

Pattern Analysis and Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 419-440

  Ahmad, Junaid ^a   Malik, Aamir Saeed ^b   Abdullah, Mohd Faris ^b   Kamel, Nidal ^b   Xia, Likun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blackouts flashovers; Encroachments; Image processing; Pattern recognition; Right of ways; Single camera; Transmission lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939880050     PISSN: 14337541     EISSN: 1433755X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10044-014-0391-9     Document Type: Article

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