• 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