Segmentation of aggregate and asphalt in photographic images of pavements

• Autorzy: Mejía Angela Marcela , Alzate Marco Aurelio , Reyes-Ortiz Oscar Javier

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DOI

10.24423/EngTrans.1242.20210126

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Particle size distribution of aggregate in asphalt pavements is used for determining important characteristics like stiffness, durability, fatigue resistance, etc. Unfortunately, measuring this distribution requires a sieving process that cannot be done directly on the already mixed pavement. The use of digital image processing could facilitate this measurement, for which it is important to classify aggregate from asphalt in the image. This classification is difficult even for humans and much more for classical image segmentation algorithms. In this paper, an expert committee approach was used, including classical adaptive Otsu, k-means vector quantization over a set of 8 principal components obtained from 26 features, and a Gaussian mixture model whose parameters are estimated through the expectation-maximization algorithm. A novel cellular automata approach is used to coordinate these expert opinions. Finally, a simple heuristic is used to reduce sub- and over-segmentation. The segmentation results are comparable to those obtained by a human expert, while the sieve size of the segmented images corresponds very well with that obtained from the sieving process, validating the proposed method of segmentation. The results show that with the digital imaging procedure it was possible to detect particles with a size of 100 m with 90% of success with respect to time-consuming manual techniques. In addition, with these results it is possible to establish the homogeneity of the sample and the distribution of the particles within the asphalt mixture.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

image segmentation; Gaussian mixture model; cellular automata; asphalt pavement; sieve size

• Wydawca: Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN
• Czasopismo: Engineering Transactions
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 69, iss. 1
• Strony: 19--42
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 32 poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Mejía Angela Marcela

• School of Engineering, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada Bogotá, Colombia

autor

Alzate Marco Aurelio

• School of Engineering, District University of Bogotá Bogotá, Colombia

autor

Reyes-Ortiz Oscar Javier

• School of Engineering, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada Bogotá, Colombia

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2021).