DocumentCode
1137083
Title
The Automatic Counting of Asbestos Fibers in Air Samples
Author
Pavlidis, T. ; Steiglitz, K.
Author_Institution
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Princeton University
Issue
3
fYear
1978
fDate
3/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
258
Lastpage
261
Abstract
A method is described for automating the counting of asbestos fibers in air samples by computer processing of digitized pictures. Preliminary results show the method is feasible.
Keywords
Asbestos; asbestos fibers; counting; fibers; image encoding; image processing; Computerized monitoring; Cost function; Humans; Image coding; Image processing; Microcomputers; Microscopy; Optical fiber communication; Remote monitoring; Time sharing computer systems; Asbestos; asbestos fibers; counting; fibers; image encoding; image processing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9340
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TC.1978.1675082
Filename
1675082
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