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Proceedings of ScanTech 2001The Ninth International Conference
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| Message from the Conference Chairman | i |
| Conference Organizing Committee | ii |
| Biographical Information About the Speakers and Moderators | iii |
| KEYNOTE ADDRESS | |
| Is Technology Adequate for Effective Scanning and Process Optimization? Rolf Birkeland, Professor, Department of Forest Sciences, Agricultural University of Norway, Aas, Norway. | 3 |
| SESSION 1. LOG SCANNING AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION | |
| Optimization of Wood Raw Material Conversion Through The Supply Chain. Arto Usenius, Professor, VTT Building and Transport, Finland. | 9 |
| The Implications of Using a CT-Based Scanner for Log Breakdown Optimization. Tim Rayner, R&D Director, WoodVision, InVision Technologies, Inc., Newark, CA, USA. | 25 |
| Automatic Detection of Pith and Annual Rings on Industrial Computed Tomography Log Images. Jean-Philippe Andreu and Alfred Rinnhofer, Joanneum Research, Institute of Digital Image Processing, Graz, Austria. | 37 |
| Using External Log Characteristics to Predict Internal Log Quality. Laszlo Orbay, Jan Brdicko, Forintek Canada Corp., Vancouver, B.C., Canada. | 49 |
| 3D Log Scanning for Carriages, Lineal Curved Cants and Other Applications. Barry Dashner, LMI Technologies, Inc., Delta B.C., Canada. | 61 |
| 3D Log Scanning On the Headrig Carriage. Jeff Franklin, Vice President, Inovec, Inc., Eugene, Oregon, USA | 75 |
| Developments in 3D Scanning and Optimization: Laser Radar and Carriage Application. Chris Blomquist, Perceptron, Plymouth, MI, USA. | 83 |
| SESSION 2. LUMBER AND CUT STOCK SYSTEMS | |
| Real-Time Value Optimization of Edging and Trimming Operations for Rough, Green Hardwood Lumber. Daniel L. Schmoldt, USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; Hang Song, Dept. of Computer Science, Arizona State University; Philip A. Araman, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station. | 87 |
| Automatic Scanning of Rough Lumber for Edging and Trimming. Lynn Abbott, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech; Daniel L. Schmoldt, USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; Philip A. Araman, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station; Sang-Mook Lee, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech. | 101 |
| 3D and Scatter Measurements at More than 2,000 Board Feet/Minute Using CMOS Vision. Karl Gunnarsson, Vice President, Integrated Vision Products, Inc., Woodinville, WA. | 111 |
| Advances in Four Sided Cell Scan System Application in Primary and Secondary Wood Processing. G. (Sandy) Mullin, President, Dennis Cope, Manager, Scanning Products Division, Barr Mullin, Inc., Raleigh North Carolina, USA. | 119 |
| Ulti-Vision Scanners: Case Histories. LeRoy Cothrell, President, Ultimizers Inc., Boring, Oregon, USA. | 127 |
| SESSION 3. DEFECT DETECTION AND GRADING SYSTEMS | |
| Grade Scanning in Sawmill and Planning Mill Today. Sam Pope, COE Manufacturing Co., Portland, Oregon, USA. | 133 |
| Evaluation of an Automated Hardwood Lumber Grading System. D. Earl Kline1, Philip A. Araman2, Chris Surak3, 1Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia; 2USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Thomas M. Brooks Forest Products Center, Blacksburg, Virginia; 3Graduate Student, Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. | 141 |
| Predicting the Strength of Sawn Products by Industrial X-ray Scanning of Norway Spruce Saw Logs. Johan Oja1, Bo Källsner2, Stig Grundberg3, 1Forintek Canada Corp., 2Swedish Institute For Wood Technology Research, 3Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. | 153 |
| Determining Lumber Strength with Radio Frequency Scanning. Philip H. Steele and Jerome E. Cooper, Department of Forest Products, Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA. | 161 |
| Ramifications and Implications of Various Color-based Optical Scanning Approaches. J.W. Funck, D.A. Butler, C.C. Brunner, J.B. Forrer, Forest Products Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA. | 169 |
| Scanning for Textural Surface Defects - A Robust System for Hardwood Parquet Inspection. Wolfgang Polzleitner, Gert Schwingshakl, Sensotech Research and Development, Gratz, Austria. | 181 |
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