《Edge detection based multi-material interface extraction on industrial CT volumes》.pdfVIP

SCIENCE CHINA InformationSciences ·RESEARCH PAPER · September2013，Vo1．56 092108：1—092108：9 doi：10．1007／s11432—013—4987—2 Edgedetection based multi．．m aterialinterface extractionon industrialCT volum es OHTAKE Yutaka ＆ SUZUKIHiromasa, ResearchCenterforAdvancedScienceandTechnology，TheUniversityofTokyo，Japan ReceivedM ay2，2013；accepted July 26，2013 Abstract X—rayCT scanning isrecentlybecomingapopulartechnology forindustrialapplicationsaswell asmedicalones．Since thegeometricalaccuracy isoftellimportantforindustria1applications ． m oreprecise methods forprocessing CT volumes are required Thispaperproposesa method ofrextracting the multi— materialinterfaceson CT volumesobtained by industrialCT scanners． Instead ofextracting isosurfaceswe detect edge—points，atwhichthenorm ofthevolumegradienttakesalocalmaximum inthegradientdirection ， andtheninterpolatethepointsasthematerialinterfacesrepresentedbythezero—levelofcompoundedimplicit functions．In ordertoachievearobustmaterial—identification．multilabelgraph—cutisutilized in ourmethod Usingedge—points，wecan reducetheinaccuracy caused by CT scanningartifacts． Keywords CT volume，multi—materialinterface，segmentation，edgeextraction Citation OhtakeY，SuzukiH Edgedetectionbased multi—m aterialinterfaceextractiononindustrialCT volunles SciChinaInfSci，2013，56：092108(9)，doi：10．1007／sl1432—013—4987—2