Segmentation and supervised classification of image objects in Epo doping-control

Abstract A software system Gel Analysis System for Epo (GASepo) has been developed within an international WADA project. As recent WADA criteria of rEpo positivity are based on identification of each relevant object (band) in Epo images, development of suitable methods of image segmentation and object classification were needed for the GASepo system. In the paper we address two particular problems: segmentation of disrupted bands and classification of the segmented objects into three or two classes. A novel band projection operator is based on convenient object merging measures and their discrimination analysis using specifically generated training set of segmented objects. A weighted ranks classification method is proposed, which is new in the field of image classification. It is based on ranks of the values of a specific criterial function. The weighted ranks classifiers proposed in our paper have been evaluated on real samples of segmented objects of Epo images and compared t

Automatic lane detection in chromatography images

This paper proposes a method for automating the detection of lanes in Thin-Layer Chromatography images. Our approach includes a preprocessing step to detect the image region of interest, followed by background estimation and removal. This image is then projected onto the horizontal direction to integrate the information into a one-dimensional profile. A smoothing filter is applied to this profile and the outcome is the input of the lane detection process, which is performed in three phases. The first one aims at obtaining an initial set of candidate lanes that are further validated or removed in the second phase. The last phase is a refinement step that allows the inclusion of lanes that are not clearly distinguishable in the profile and that were not included in the initial set. The method was evaluated in 66 chromatography images and achieved values of recall, precision and F ß -measure of 97.0%, 99.4% and 98.2%, respectively

The evaluation of the horizontal soil resistance with an application of stochastic process theory

W doświadczeniach polowych z penetrometrem poziomu uzyskano przebiegi poziomego oporu gleby, do opracowania których zastosowano metody dynamiki statystycznej. Wyniki wykazały, że na mierzonych głębokościach widmo wydajność było względnie niskie co zostało również potwierdzone testach Fishera. Statystycznie istotnych jest kilka częstotliwości, których wartość wacha się w przedziale od 0, 177 do 1,117 Hz. Na głębokości pomiaru 0,15 n aż siedem częstotliwości o wartości 0,177- 0.588H z jest statystycznie istotnych najbardziej częstotliwości, 196 Hz Oceniane i omawiane przebiegi oporów penetracji raz ich widma częstotliwości mogą być wykorzystanej jako parametry wstępne metodach optymalizacji racjonalizacji obliczeń oporów roboczych maszyn i narzędzi oraz ulepszeń ich konstrukcji. Metoda pomiaru oporu penetracji poziomym penetrometrem może być wykorzystana do szybkiego określenia stanu gleby dla celów rolnictwa precyzyjnego oraz do prognozowania oporów roboczych narzędzi stosowanych w rolnictwie.ln the field experiment with horizontal penetrometer the courses of horizontal soil resistance were obtained and then evaluated by the help of statistical dynamics method. The results of analyses showed that at the measured depths the power of the spectrum was relatively low, which was confirmed by the Fisher's test. There were some significant frequencies. Their intensity fell into an interval 0.177, 1.177H z. At the, depth o f 0.15 m as many as seven frequencies, varying from 0.177H z to 0.588 Hz. were statistically significant, among them the frequency of 0.196 Hz in the highest degree. Evaluated and described courses of penetration resistance and their frequency spectra could be used as entrance parameters for rationalizing and optimizing the working resistance calculation of tools and machines as well as and for modification of their design. The method of penetration resistance measurement by horizontal penetrometecr could be used for quick determination f the soil conditions for the purpose of precision agriculture and for prediction of the working resistance of the equipment used in agriculture