This paper contains an algorithm and a computer programm for a natural from the human point of view splitting into sections of a two-dimensional pic-ture* Contemplating a picture, a human being draws in his imagination borders, sorting out sections, which he supposes to be homogeneous for the time being, in spite of their posessing an internal structure Some times such borders are drawn followi...

We discuss an experimental protocol to measure the degree of preferred orientation by using a textural index (T) consisting of a single parameter easily derived from X-ray diffraction data recovered with a powder diffractometer. This textural index can be used for a quantitative characterization of the development of crystallographic orientation in biominerals and biomimetic materials which in ...

We present a method for navigating an autonomous agent based on the textures present in an environment. Specifically, the autonomous agent in question is that of a robotic lawn mower. If we can successfully differentiate the textures of the cut and uncut lawn surfaces, then we can track the boundary between them and mow in a pattern as a human would. The system uses the wavelet transform as the...

Enhancing and understanding the tenderness of beef has been an on-going research topic. Recently, injection of compounds into fresh beef muscle is an active area of research. In this preliminary study, four cows of E maturity were the source of eight strip loins. The steaks from the strip loins were split into treatment groups and injected at 24 hours postmortem to a 10% level (v/w) with one of...

background & aim: tragacanth is a natural gum obtained from the dried sap of several species of middle eastern egumes of the genus astragalus, that is a viscous, odorless, tasteless, water-soluble mixture of polysaccharides. tragacanth is used in pharmaceutical and foods industries as an emulsifier, thickener, stabilizer, and texturant additive. sponge cake is one of the most popular bakery...

Image textural analysis technology has been widely used in the design of automated defect detection systems. Because the presence of defects may change the textural features of an image, a reference image without defects can be compared with the test image to detect whether there are any defects. However, besides defects, the deflection of the input test image could also change its textural fea...

OBJECTIVE Localized texture analysis of breast tissue on mammograms is an issue of major importance in mass characterization. However, in contrast to other mammographic diagnostic approaches, it has not been investigated in depth, due to its inherent difficulty and fuzziness. This work aims to the establishment of a quantitative approach of mammographic masses texture classification, based on a...