{ "title": "Segmentation of Gray Scale Images of Dropwise Condensation on Textured Surfaces", "authors": "Helene Martin, Solmaz Boroomandi Barati, Jean-Charles Pinoli, Stephane Valette, Yann Gavet", "country": "France", "institution": "\u00c9cole nationale sup\u00e9rieure des mines de Saint-\u00c9tienne", "volume": "141", "journal": "International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering", "pagesStart": 753, "pagesEnd": 762, "ISSN": "1307-6892", "URL": "http:\/\/waset.org\/publications\/10009530", "abstract": "In the present work we developed an image processing
\r\nalgorithm to measure water droplets characteristics during dropwise
\r\ncondensation on pillared surfaces. The main problem in this process is
\r\nthe similarity between shape and size of water droplets and the pillars.
\r\nThe developed method divides droplets into four main groups based
\r\non their size and applies the corresponding algorithm to segment each
\r\ngroup. These algorithms generate binary images of droplets based
\r\non both their geometrical and intensity properties. The information
\r\nrelated to droplets evolution during time including mean radius and
\r\ndrops number per unit area are then extracted from the binary images.
\r\nThe developed image processing algorithm is verified using manual
\r\ndetection and applied to two different sets of images corresponding
\r\nto two kinds of pillared surfaces.", "references": null, "publisher": "World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology", "index": "International Science Index 141, 2018" }