New segmentation method based on fractal properties using singularity maps

Geoderma

Volumn 287, Issue , 2017, Pages 40-53

  Martin Sotoca J J ^a   Saa Requejo, A ^a   Grau, J B ^a   Tarquis, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Singularity maps; Soil morphology; Soil structure; Synthetic soil image

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SOILS;

BLACK AND WHITE IMAGES; MISCLASSIFICATION ERROR; NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE; POWER LAW RELATIONSHIP; SELF SIMILAR PROPERTIES; SOIL MORPHOLOGY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SYNTHETIC SOIL IMAGES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ENTROPY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HISTOGRAM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAP; NUMERICAL METHOD; PORE SPACE; POROSITY; SAMPLING; SEGMENTATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84994508510     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.09.005     Document Type: Article

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