Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Computer Science
Committee Chair
Timothy S. Newman
Committee Member
Ramazan Aygun
Committee Member
B. Earl Wells
Committee Member
Huaming Zhang
Subject(s)
Hough functions., Solar flares., Coronal mass ejections., Magnetic dipoles.
Abstract
In this thesis, a new Hough-based method to automatically detect dipole- shaped structures is presented. The new method uses a set of three-piecewise- parabolic arcs to detect dipole structures in imagery (e.g., coronal images). The mathematical characteristics of the dipole structures are studied and utilized in the new method. For a given dipole curve, the coefficients of the first order term for all the piecewise parabolas are identical. Moreover, the products of the zeroeth order and second order terms are constant. Furthermore, the concentric properties of dipole curves are also discussed. The new method is tested in different images including coronal images and iron filing images. Results and analysis is also presented.
Recommended Citation
Zhao, Lulu, "Hough based strategy for detecting magnetic field" (2015). Theses. 127.
https://louis.uah.edu/uah-theses/127