Author/Editor		Pérez-Barnuevo, Laura; Pirard, Eric; Castroviejo, Ricardo
Title		Textural descriptors for multiphasic ore particles
Type		članek
Vol. and No.		Letnik 31, št. 3
Publication year		2012
Volume		str. 175-184
ISSN		1580-3139 - Image Analysis & Stereology online journal (Printed version).
Language		eng
Abstract		Monitoring of mineral processing circuits by means of particle liberation analysis through quantitative image analysis has become a routine technique within the last decades. Usually, liberation indices are computed as weight proportions, which is not informative enough when complex texture ores are treated by flotation. In these cases, liberation has to be computed as phase surface exposed to reactants, and textural relationships between minerals have to be characterized to determine the possibility of increasing exposure. In this paper, some indices to achieve a complete texture characterization have been developed in terms of 2D phase contact and mineral surfaces exposure. Indices suggested by other authors are also compared. The response of this set of parameters against textural changes has been explored on simple synthetic textures ranging from single to multiple inclusions and single to multiple veins and their ability to discriminate between different textural features is analyzed over real mineral particles with known internal structure.
Keywords		image analysis textural descriptors linear method slikovna analiza teksturni opisi linearna metoda