Researchers develop algorithm to identify individual grains in planetary regolith

A team of researchers, led by Suniti Karunatillake at LSU’s Department of Geology and Geophysics, and including Stony Brook University, USGS-Flagstaff AZ, and Rider University, developed an image analysis and segmentation algorithm specifically to aid planetary scientists with the task of analyzing soil samples taken by Mars rovers.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/lsu…