Title :
2-D Wavelet Segmentation in 3-D T-Ray Tomography
Author :
Yin, Xiaoxia ; Ng, Brian W H ; Ferguson, Bradley ; Mickan, Samuel P. ; Abbott, Derek
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Adelaide Univ., SA
fDate :
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this letter, segmentation techniques for terahertz (T-ray) computed tomographic (CT) imaging are investigated. A set of linear image fusion and novel wavelet scale correlation segmentation techniques is adopted to achieve material discrimination within a 3-D object. The methods are applied to a T-ray CT image dataset taken from a plastic vial containing a plastic tube. This setup simulates the imaging of a simple nested organic structure, which provides an indication of the potential for using T-ray CT imaging to achieve T-ray pulsed signal classification of heterogeneous layers
Keywords :
image fusion; image segmentation; submillimetre wave imaging; wavelet transforms; 2D wavelet segmentation; 3D T-ray tomography; T-ray pulsed signal classification; heterogeneous layers; linear image fusion; terahertz computed tomographic imaging; wavelet scale correlation segmentation; Australia; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical optical imaging; Computed tomography; Image fusion; Image reconstruction; Image segmentation; Optical imaging; Plastics; T-rays; Tomography; wavelet transform;
Journal_Title :
Sensors Journal, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JSEN.2006.890159