Automatic flotation froth bubble size distribution estimation using mean shift and watershed transforms.
Flotation is a process used in the mineral industry toconcentrate valuable minerals. The efficiency of the processis influenced by among other the bubble size distribution ofthe flotation froth. In this investigation, we propose a newmethod for automatic estimation of the bubble sizedistribution usi...
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| author | Amankwah, A. Aldrich, Chris |
| author2 | Mr. Tom Lukowski, DRDC Ottawa Research Center, Ottawa |
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| description | Flotation is a process used in the mineral industry toconcentrate valuable minerals. The efficiency of the processis influenced by among other the bubble size distribution ofthe flotation froth. In this investigation, we propose a newmethod for automatic estimation of the bubble sizedistribution using the mean shift algorithm and watershedtransform. The mean shift algorithm is used to find pixelclusters of particular modes of the probability densityfunction of the image data. Pixel clusters of which themodes are above a given threshold are used as markers forthe watershed transform. Experimental results show thatthe proposed method was fast and robust for determiningthe size distribution of different classes of flotation froth. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-424702017-09-13T14:24:12Z Automatic flotation froth bubble size distribution estimation using mean shift and watershed transforms. Amankwah, A. Aldrich, Chris Mr. Tom Lukowski, DRDC Ottawa Research Center, Ottawa mean shift watershed transform bubble size Froth flotation image analysis Flotation is a process used in the mineral industry toconcentrate valuable minerals. The efficiency of the processis influenced by among other the bubble size distribution ofthe flotation froth. In this investigation, we propose a newmethod for automatic estimation of the bubble sizedistribution using the mean shift algorithm and watershedtransform. The mean shift algorithm is used to find pixelclusters of particular modes of the probability densityfunction of the image data. Pixel clusters of which themodes are above a given threshold are used as markers forthe watershed transform. Experimental results show thatthe proposed method was fast and robust for determiningthe size distribution of different classes of flotation froth. 2014 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42470 10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946754 IEEE restricted |
| spellingShingle | mean shift watershed transform bubble size Froth flotation image analysis Amankwah, A. Aldrich, Chris Automatic flotation froth bubble size distribution estimation using mean shift and watershed transforms. |
| title | Automatic flotation froth bubble size distribution estimation using mean shift and watershed transforms. |
| title_full | Automatic flotation froth bubble size distribution estimation using mean shift and watershed transforms. |
| title_fullStr | Automatic flotation froth bubble size distribution estimation using mean shift and watershed transforms. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Automatic flotation froth bubble size distribution estimation using mean shift and watershed transforms. |
| title_short | Automatic flotation froth bubble size distribution estimation using mean shift and watershed transforms. |
| title_sort | automatic flotation froth bubble size distribution estimation using mean shift and watershed transforms. |
| topic | mean shift watershed transform bubble size Froth flotation image analysis |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42470 |