Fractal Dimension Analysis and Statistical Processing of Paper Surface Images Towards Surface Roughness Measurement

  • Toni Kuparinen
  • Oleg Rodionov
  • Pekka Toivanen
  • Jarno Mielikainen
  • Vladimir Bochko
  • Ate Korkalainen
  • Juha Parviainen
  • Erik Vartiainen
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 3540)

Abstract

In this paper we present a method for optical paper surface roughness measurement, which overcomes the disadvantages of the traditional methods. Airflow-based roughness measurement methods and profilometer require expensive special equipment, essential laboratory conditions, are contact-based and slow and unsuitable for on-line control purposes methods. We employed an optical microscope with a built-in CCD-camera to take images of paper surface. The obtained image is considered as a texture. We applied statistical brightness measures and fractal dimension analysis for texture analysis. We have found a strong correlation between the roughness and a fractal dimension. Our method is non-contact–based, fast and is suitable for on-line control measurements in the paper industry.

Keywords

Fractal Dimension Paper Sample Paper Surface Coated Paper Fractal Dimension Analysis 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Toni Kuparinen
    • 1
  • Oleg Rodionov
    • 1
  • Pekka Toivanen
    • 1
  • Jarno Mielikainen
    • 1
  • Vladimir Bochko
    • 1
  • Ate Korkalainen
    • 2
  • Juha Parviainen
    • 2
  • Erik Vartiainen
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Information Technology 
  2. 2.Laboratory of PhysicsLappeenranta University of TechnologyLappeenrantaFinland

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