Generation of Undistorted Photomosaics of Cylindrical Vesicular Basalt Specimens

Alan Harris, Ratna S. Medapati, O. Patrick Kreidl, Nick Hudyma, Travis Waldorf

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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®.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalInternational Journal of Image, Graphics and Signal Processing
Volume7
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • geotechnical imaging
  • image stitching
  • photomosaic
  • vesicular basalt

EGS Disciplines

  • Civil and Environmental Engineering

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