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Generation of Undistorted Photomosaics of Cylindrical Vesicular Basalt Specimens
International Journal of Image, Graphics and Signal Processing (2015)
  • Alan Harris, University of North Florida
  • Ratna S. Medapati, University of North Florida
  • O. Patrick Kreidl, University of North Florida
  • Nick Hudyma, University of North Florida
  • Travis Waldorf, University of North Florida
Abstract
Photographic documentation of prepared rock core specimens may be required for scientific studies. For specimens that have surface features which vary circumferentially, it is advantageous to have a single photomosaic of the specimen surface rather than a series of surface photographs. A technique to develop a photomosaic from a series of overlapping images of prepared vesicular basalt core specimens is presented. The overlapping images of the specimen surface are subjected to an initial cropping, a geometric transformation, an intensity interpolation, a final cropping, and an image stitching algorithm. The final result is an undistorted photomosaic of the entire specimen surface. All steps except the initial cropping are implemented within MATLAB®.
Keywords
  • photomosaic,
  • image stitching,
  • geotechnical imaging,
  • vesicular basalt
Publication Date
April, 2015
DOI
10.5815/ijigsp.2015.05.02
Citation Information
Alan Harris, Ratna S. Medapati, O. Patrick Kreidl, Nick Hudyma, et al.. "Generation of Undistorted Photomosaics of Cylindrical Vesicular Basalt Specimens" International Journal of Image, Graphics and Signal Processing Vol. 7 Iss. 5 (2015) p. 13 - 19 ISSN: 2074-9074
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/nick-hudyma/4/