A SYSTEM FOR COMPUTERIZED CLASSIFICATION OF COLOR TEXTURED PERTHITE IMAGES
BOAZ COHEN*, ITS’HAK DINSTEIN* and MOSHE EYAL†
*Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
† Geology Department
Ben Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel.
Abstract
A fast, reliable, and objective computerized system for
classification of color textured perthite images is proposed. In order
to locate a crystal’s borders, color and texture features are combined
in a pixel classification segmentation operation, followed by probabilistic
relaxation. Once a binary image is extracted, noise is suppressed using
mathematical morphology. An operator based on vertical - horizontal run
length ratios is used in order to identify and separate vein elements.
Joint patch elements are disconnected using an iterative patch core locating
procedure. Based on geometrical properties, the texture elements distribution
is computed. Experimental results are compared to manual classification.
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