Duration
26h Th, 26h Pr, 30h Proj.
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
- Introduction to Image Analysis and Stereology / The importance of vision in geosciences
- From minerals to roxels : basic principles of scientific imaging in geosciences. Image calibration From analog to digital images Digital image file formats
- Physics of Remote Sensing : Sources of electromagnetic radiation Atmospheric corrections, calibration methods Spectral properties of minerals, rocks and soils VNIR and SWIR ranges Multispectral, superspectral and hyperspectral remote sensing
- Technologies for Core-Scanning
- Technology of Earth Observation: Airborne and spaceborne platforms and sensors. Available systems (Landsat TM and ETM+, SPOT 3-4-5, ASTER, IKONOS, QuickBird, Sentinel, HyMap)
- Image Processing: Image processing operations (global vs. local) Linear filters (low-pass, hi-pass, gradients) Mathematical Morphology (erosion, dilation, opening, closing)
- Image analysis and processing, optical VNIR SWIR and thermal domains. Preprocessing. Geometric corrections, georeferencing. Radiometric correction, calibrations, atmospheric corrections Multispectral data processing. Data fusion, image sharpening Band ratios, indexes
- Spectral Image Classification: Data transforms: principal components analysis, spectral classification techniques
- Quantitative mineralogical and textural analysis: Modal (phase) and porosity analysis. Blob analysis: particle size and shape analysis. Texture indices
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course contributes to the learning outcomes I.2, I.3, II.2, III.1, IV.3, VII.4, VII.5 of the MSc in geological and mining engineering.