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Solid Particle Measurement by Image Analysis

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Advances in Natural Computation (ICNC 2006)

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A good size measurement method should meet at least three criteria. These are rotational invariance, reproducibility and embody overall shape description (elongation / flakiness or angularity). According to these three criteria, this paper analyzes and evaluates several existing methods of solid particle measurement, such as Chord sizing, (multiple) Ferret diameter, equivalent circle, maximum diameter and equivalent ellipse etc. in image analysis. Based on the analyses and evaluations of the existing methods, we propose a new method – best-fit rectangle for size measurement that satisfactorily meets the criteria of rotational invariance, reproducibility and shape description.

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  1. School of Electronic Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Post code: 610054, Chengdu, China

    Weixing Wang

  2. Department of computer science and technology, Chongqing University of Posts and telecommunications, Post code: 400065, Chongqing, China

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  1. Life Science Research Center, School of Electronic Engineering, Xidian University, 710071, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

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  2. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Block S1, Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore

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  3. School of Electronic Engineering, Xidian Univ., P.O. Box, 710071, Xi’an, P.R. China

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  4. College of Mathematics and Information Science, Hebei Normal University, 050016, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, P.R. China

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  5. Multi-Agent Systems Lab,Department of Computer Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China

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Wang, W., BingCui (2006). Solid Particle Measurement by Image Analysis. In: Jiao, L., Wang, L., Gao, X., Liu, J., Wu, F. (eds) Advances in Natural Computation. ICNC 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4222. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11881223_72

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