Determination of spore colour alteration by means of colour image analysis
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This investigation presents the first results of the application of Colour Image Analysis to palynology in our laboratory. Colour Image Analysis (CIA) is a two-dimensional technique for identification and classification of e.g. coal maceral groups (in polished coal blocks) or palynomacerals (in palynological slides) that differ in optical properties. CIA analysis is an automatic technique which allows the determination of surface percentages of rock components based on their colour characteristics. The instrument used is an Olympus CUE-3 Colour Image Analysis System installed in a 386/33 personal computer (David and Fermont, 1993a, David and Fermont, 1993b). The palynological slides were studied with the aid of a Zeiss Axioskop microscope mounted with a Sony DXC-930 P video camera. The analogue RGB signal of the video camera is converted into 256 intensity levels of red, green and blue by the image buffer of the CIA and displayed on a Sony Trinitron monitor.
TNO Identifier
234308
ISSN
00346667
Source
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 103(1-2), pp. 41-44.
Pages
41-44
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