A novel approach to determine the surface area of buckspoor spider webs and other irregular-shaped two-dimensional objects

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dc.contributor.authorVenter, Christiaan
dc.contributor.authorHaddad, Charles Richard
dc.contributor.authorCodron, Daryl
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-10T12:45:04Z
dc.date.available2022-11-10T12:45:04Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractArising from the practical need to determine the surface area of the buckspoor spider webs of Seothyra schreineri, an approach for area determination was developed based on image processing. The method rendered results that were considered valid and reliable. Aside from the present application to determine the surface area of a spider web, this approach could potentially be used to accurately determine the area of any two-dimensional shape. For each web's photograph: The boundary of the web was outlined. Seeded region growing was used to segment the image into a web region and a background region. The area of the web was determined as a pixel count, and then converted to mm2.en_ZA
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dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2022.101904
dc.identifier.citationVenter, C., Haddad, C.R., & Cordon, D. (2022). A novel approach to determine the surface area of buckspoor spider webs and other irregular-shaped two-dimensional objects. MethodsX, 9, 101904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2022.101904en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2215-0161
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/11949
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevieren_ZA
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dc.rights.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectBurrowen_ZA
dc.subjectNama Karooen_ZA
dc.subjectPeripheral lengthen_ZA
dc.subjectPixelsen_ZA
dc.subjectSilken_ZA
dc.titleA novel approach to determine the surface area of buckspoor spider webs and other irregular-shaped two-dimensional objectsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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