Real-time ore sorting using color and texture analysis

Sensor-based ore sorting is a technology used to classify high-grade mineralized rocks from low-grade waste rocks to reduce operation costs.Many ore-sorting algorithms using color images have been proposed in the past,but only some validate their results using mineral grades or optimize the algorithms to classify rocks in real-time.This paper presents an ore-sorting algorithm based on image processing and machine learning that is able to classify rocks from a gold and silver mine based on their grade.The algorithm is composed of four main stages:(1)image segmentation and partition,(2)color and texture feature extraction,(3)sub-image classification using neural networks,and(4)a voting system to determine the overall class of the rock.The algorithm was trained using images of rocks that a geologist manually classified according to their mineral content and then was validated using a different set of rocks analyzed in a laboratory to determine their gold and silver grades.The proposed method achieved a Matthews correlation coefficient of 0.961 points,higher than other classification algorithms based on support vector machines and convolutional neural networks,and a processing time under 44 ms,promising for real-time ore sorting applications.

A New Multistep Approach to Identify Leaf-Off Poplar Plantations Using Airborne Imagery

Identification of type of leafless trees using both fall imagery and field-based surveys is a global concern in the forest science community. Few studies were devoted to separate leafless trees from others in the growth season using remote sensing imagery. But this study was the first attempt to identify the type of leafless tree in the fall imagery. We investigated the potential of the Simple Linear Iterative Clustering (SLIC) and k-mean segmentation techniques, and texture and color image analyses to identify leafless poplar trees using imagery collected in a leaf-off season. For the first time in this study, the star shaped feature identifier was found through a binary image that was successful in identifying leaf-off poplar plantations. Optimal threshold values of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Normalized Green Index (NGI) indices were able to differentiate highly vegetated land, green farms, and gardens from the grasses that sometimes grow between poplar plantation lines. A Coefficient of Variation (CV) of red color intensity and histogram of value were also successful in separating bare soil and other land cover types. Imagery was processed and analyzed in a Matlab software. In this study, leafless poplar plantation was identified with a user accuracy of 84% and the overall accuracy was obtained 81.3%. This method provides a framework for identification of leafless poplar trees that may be beneficial for distinguishing other types of leafless trees.

Thermogram Adaptive Efficient Model for Breast Cancer Detection Using Fractional Derivative Mask and Hybrid Feature Set in the IoT Environment

In this paper,a novel hybrid texture feature set and fractional derivative filter-based breast cancer detection model is introduced.This paper also introduces the application of a histogram of linear bipolar pattern features(HLBP)for breast thermogram classification.Initially,breast tissues are separated by masking operation and filtered by Gr¨umwald–Letnikov fractional derivative-based Sobel mask to enhance the texture and rectify the noise.A novel hybrid feature set usingHLBP and other statistical feature sets is derived and reduced by principal component analysis.Radial basis function kernel-based support vector machine is employed for detecting the abnormality in the thermogram.The performance parameters are calculated using five-fold cross-validation scheme using MATLAB 2015a simulation software.The proposedmodel achieves the classification accuracy,sensitivity,specificity,and area under the curve of 94.44%,95.55%,92.22%,96.11%,respectively.A comparative investigation of different texture features with respect to fractional orderαto classify the breast malignancy is also presented.The proposed model is also compared with a few existing state-of-art schemes which verifies the efficacy of the model.Fractional orderαoffers extra adaptability in overcoming the limitations of thermal imaging techniques and assists radiologists in prior breast cancer detection.The proposed model is more generalized which can be used with different thermal image acquisition protocols and IoT based applications.