Cotton and Bast Fiber Image Segmentation Based on Mathematical Morphology

Traditional cotton and bast fiber detection using artificial methods. Image processing techniques have been applied to the fiber detection and improve the automation and recognition efficiency of the detection. Image segmentation is the basic one of the steps for fiber identification. This paper using gradient edge detection method to segment the cotton and bast fiber longitudinal morphological image, and using morphological reconstruction operation method to the cross sectional fiber image. Both two kinds of images can be segmented by mathematical morphology method.