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Machine Vision andDigital Image Processing
at UCT
Fred NicollsDepartment of Electrical Engineering
University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Staff:Prof Gerhard de JagerDr Fred Nicolls
People
Full-time PhD students:Markus LouwSimphiwe MkweloGordon Forbes
Full-time MSc students:John MorkelKirk JoubertStephen HaddadGladys KigoziZwelitsha Magugwana
Researchers:Keith ForbesMathew Price
De Beers SABCMnetAnglo AmericanESKOMMINTEKEDH
UEC/Teklogic/VizierFRDNRFTHRIPPeralexLodoxAnglo PlatinumRio TintoUCT
Past and present sponsors
Industrial inspection systems
• Fruit sorters• Vizier systems
• EDH Bottle top inspection system
Industrial inspection systems
• Prototypes and machines
Industrial inspection systems
• High-speed industrial inspection PC software
Industrial inspection systems
• Lodox full body X-ray scanner
Medical Imaging
• Image segmentation
Medical Imaging
• Lodox CT• Patents
Medical Imaging
Mineral Processing
• Froth flotation
Mineral Processing
Mineral Processing
• Example
Mineral Processing
• Rock sizing
• Lynxx Rocksizer
Mineral Processing
• Particle volume estimation• Shape characterisation• Identification• Matching• Breakage analysis• Curvature
Vision SFD
Vision SFD
Security and surveillance
Electron Microscopy
Imaging physics
New projects
• Surface characterisation and classification for waste rock sorting (with TUDelft)• Texture classification for drill core samples• Photoconsistency for reconstruction