A novel Vickers hardness measurement technique based on Adaptive Balloon Active Contour Method

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Highlights：

• New methodology to measure Vickers hardness.

• Application Balloon Adaptive Active Contours Method.

• Comparison with results obtained from traditional methods and specialists.

• Proposed method present results better than conventional measures.

摘要

•New methodology to measure Vickers hardness.•Application Balloon Adaptive Active Contours Method.•Comparison with results obtained from traditional methods and specialists.•Proposed method present results better than conventional measures.

论文关键词：Active Contour Method,Adaptive Balloon,Image segmentation,Vickers hardness

论文评审过程：Received 14 January 2015, Revised 7 September 2015, Accepted 19 September 2015, Available online 14 October 2015, Version of Record 10 November 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2015.09.025