An Efficient Direction Field-Based Method for the Detection of Fasteners on High-Speed Railways.docVIP

Sensors 2011, 11, 7364-7381; doi:10.3390/s110807364 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article An Efficient Direction Field-Based Method for the Detection of Fasteners on High-Speed Railways Jinfeng Yang, Wei Tao, Manhua Liu, Yongjie Zhang, Haibo Zhang and Hui Zhao * School of Electronic, Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; E-Mails: chengboyang@ (J.Y.); taowei@ (W.T.); Manhua@ (M.L.); zhangyongjie@ (Y.Z.); haibozhang@ (H.Z.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: huizhao@; Tel.: +86-21-3420-5