Estimation of particulate fines on conveyor belts by use of wavelets and morphological image processing

Estimation of the amount of fines in images of mineral particles using standard segmentation approaches is difficult. In this paper, an approach based on multivariate image analysis is presented for estimation of the amount of fines in particles on conveyor belts. The approach is based on two-level...

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Main Authors: Amankwah, A., Aldrich, Chris
Format: Journal Article
Published: International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Press (IACSIT) 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46851
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Aldrich, Chris
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description Estimation of the amount of fines in images of mineral particles using standard segmentation approaches is difficult. In this paper, an approach based on multivariate image analysis is presented for estimation of the amount of fines in particles on conveyor belts. The approach is based on two-level wavelet decomposition and morphological image operations, followed by feature extraction from gray level co-occurrence matrices. These features could be used with a simple k nearest neighbour model to estimate the proportion of fines in particulate images. Experimental results with coal and iron ore particles show that the performance of the method can yield better results than those achievable with standard methods.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-468512017-02-28T01:47:35Z Estimation of particulate fines on conveyor belts by use of wavelets and morphological image processing Amankwah, A. Aldrich, Chris Multivariate image analysis wavelets textural feature extraction particle size distribution Estimation of the amount of fines in images of mineral particles using standard segmentation approaches is difficult. In this paper, an approach based on multivariate image analysis is presented for estimation of the amount of fines in particles on conveyor belts. The approach is based on two-level wavelet decomposition and morphological image operations, followed by feature extraction from gray level co-occurrence matrices. These features could be used with a simple k nearest neighbour model to estimate the proportion of fines in particulate images. Experimental results with coal and iron ore particles show that the performance of the method can yield better results than those achievable with standard methods. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46851 International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Press (IACSIT) restricted
spellingShingle Multivariate image analysis
wavelets
textural feature extraction
particle size distribution
Amankwah, A.
Aldrich, Chris
Estimation of particulate fines on conveyor belts by use of wavelets and morphological image processing
title Estimation of particulate fines on conveyor belts by use of wavelets and morphological image processing
title_full Estimation of particulate fines on conveyor belts by use of wavelets and morphological image processing
title_fullStr Estimation of particulate fines on conveyor belts by use of wavelets and morphological image processing
title_full_unstemmed Estimation of particulate fines on conveyor belts by use of wavelets and morphological image processing
title_short Estimation of particulate fines on conveyor belts by use of wavelets and morphological image processing
title_sort estimation of particulate fines on conveyor belts by use of wavelets and morphological image processing
topic Multivariate image analysis
wavelets
textural feature extraction
particle size distribution
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46851