Rock image segmentation using watershed with shape markers
We propose a method for the creation of object markers used in watershed segmentation of rock images. First, we use adaptive thresholding to segment the rock image since rock particles local background is often different from surrounding particle regions. Object markers are then extracted using the...
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| author | Amankwah, A. Aldrich, Chris |
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| description | We propose a method for the creation of object markers used in watershed segmentation of rock images. First, we use adaptive thresholding to segment the rock image since rock particles local background is often different from surrounding particle regions. Object markers are then extracted using the compactness of objects and adaptive morphological reconstruction. The choice of the feature compactness is motivated by the fact that crushed rocks tend to have rounded shapes. Experimental results after comparing the segmented images show that the performance of our algorithm is superior to most standard methods of watershed segmentation. We also show that the proposed algorithm was more robust in the estimation of fines in rock samples than the traditional methods. © 2010 IEEE. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-323662017-09-13T15:25:11Z Rock image segmentation using watershed with shape markers Amankwah, A. Aldrich, Chris We propose a method for the creation of object markers used in watershed segmentation of rock images. First, we use adaptive thresholding to segment the rock image since rock particles local background is often different from surrounding particle regions. Object markers are then extracted using the compactness of objects and adaptive morphological reconstruction. The choice of the feature compactness is motivated by the fact that crushed rocks tend to have rounded shapes. Experimental results after comparing the segmented images show that the performance of our algorithm is superior to most standard methods of watershed segmentation. We also show that the proposed algorithm was more robust in the estimation of fines in rock samples than the traditional methods. © 2010 IEEE. 2010 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32366 10.1109/AIPR.2010.5759719 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Amankwah, A. Aldrich, Chris Rock image segmentation using watershed with shape markers |
| title | Rock image segmentation using watershed with shape markers |
| title_full | Rock image segmentation using watershed with shape markers |
| title_fullStr | Rock image segmentation using watershed with shape markers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rock image segmentation using watershed with shape markers |
| title_short | Rock image segmentation using watershed with shape markers |
| title_sort | rock image segmentation using watershed with shape markers |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32366 |