Image processing for the oil sands mining industry: In the spotlight

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Image processing; Image processing algorithm; Image segmentation; Image sequences; Mining industry; Oil drilling; Oil sands mining industry; Oil technology; Ore preparation pipeline; Petroleum; Pipelines; Size measurement; Video sequence; Video signal processing; Weather condition

Indexed keywords

BELT CONVEYORS; CRUDE OIL; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; METEOROLOGY; MINERAL INDUSTRY; OIL SANDS; OIL WELL DRILLING; ORES; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PIPELINE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PIPELINES; SAND; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VIDEO RECORDING; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHM; IMAGE SEQUENCE; OIL DRILLING; OIL SANDS MINING; OIL TECHNOLOGIES; ORE PREPARATION; SIZE MEASUREMENTS; VIDEO SEQUENCES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 85032750925     PISSN: 10535888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2008.929837     Document Type: Article

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