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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.
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Kuparinen, T. et al. (2005). Fractal Dimension Analysis and Statistical Processing of Paper Surface Images Towards Surface Roughness Measurement. In: Kalviainen, H., Parkkinen, J., Kaarna, A. (eds) Image Analysis. SCIA 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3540. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11499145_123
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