基于图像处理的沥青路面裂缝分割提取与参数计算
Crack Segmentation Extraction and Parameter Calculation of Asphalt Pavement Based on Image Processing.
作者信息
Li Zhongbo, Yin Chao, Zhang Xixuan
机构信息
School of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255049, China.
出版信息
Sensors (Basel). 2023 Nov 14;23(22):9161. doi: 10.3390/s23229161.
Crack disease is one of the most serious and common diseases in road detection. Traditional manual methods for measuring crack detection can no longer meet the needs of road crack detection. In previous work, the authors proposed a crack detection method for asphalt pavements based on an improved YOLOv5s model, which is a better model for detecting various types of cracks in asphalt pavements. However, most of the current research on automatic pavement crack detection is still focused on crack identification and location stages, which contributes little to practical engineering applications. Based on the shortcomings of the above work, and in order to improve its contribution to practical engineering applications, this paper proposes a method for segmenting and analyzing asphalt pavement cracks and identifying parameters based on image processing. The first step is to extract the crack profile through image grayscale, histogram equalization, segmented linear transformation, median filtering, Sauvola binarization, and the connected domain threshold method. Then, the magnification between the pixel area and the actual area of the calibration object is calculated. The second step is to extract the skeleton from the crack profile images of asphalt pavement using the Zhang-Suen thinning algorithm, followed by removing the burrs of the crack skeleton image using the connected domain threshold method. The final step is to calculate physical parameters, such as the actual area, width, segments, and length of the crack with images obtained from the crack profile and skeleton. The results show that (1) the method of local thresholding and connected domain thresholding can completely filter noise regions under the premise of retaining detailed crack region information. (2) The Zhang-Suen iterative refinement algorithm is faster in extracting the crack skeleton of asphalt pavement, retaining the foreground features of the image better, while the connected-domain thresholding method is able to eliminate the missed isolated noise. (3) In comparison to the manual calibration method, the crack parameter calculation method proposed in this paper can better complete the calculation of crack length, width, and area within an allowable margin of error. On the basis of this research, a windowing system for asphalt pavement crack detection, WSPCD1.0, was developed. It integrates the research results from this paper, facilitating automated detection and parameter output for asphalt pavement cracks.
裂缝病害是道路检测中最严重且常见的病害之一。传统的手动测量裂缝检测方法已无法满足道路裂缝检测的需求。在先前的工作中,作者提出了一种基于改进的YOLOv5s模型的沥青路面裂缝检测方法,该模型能更好地检测沥青路面中的各类裂缝。然而,当前大多数关于自动路面裂缝检测的研究仍集中在裂缝识别和定位阶段,对实际工程应用的贡献不大。基于上述工作的不足,为提高其对实际工程应用的贡献,本文提出一种基于图像处理的沥青路面裂缝分割分析及参数识别方法。第一步是通过图像灰度化、直方图均衡化、分段线性变换、中值滤波、Sauvola二值化和连通域阈值法提取裂缝轮廓。然后,计算校准对象的像素面积与实际面积之间的放大倍数。第二步是使用Zhang-Suen细化算法从沥青路面裂缝轮廓图像中提取骨架,随后使用连通域阈值法去除裂缝骨架图像的毛刺。最后一步是利用从裂缝轮廓和骨架获得的图像计算裂缝的实际面积、宽度、段数和长度等物理参数。结果表明:(1)局部阈值化和连通域阈值化方法在保留详细裂缝区域信息的前提下,能够完全滤除噪声区域。(2)Zhang-Suen迭代细化算法在提取沥青路面裂缝骨架时速度更快,能更好地保留图像的前景特征,而连通域阈值化方法能够消除遗漏的孤立噪声。(3)与手动校准方法相比,本文提出的裂缝参数计算方法能够在允许的误差范围内更好地完成裂缝长度、宽度和面积的计算。在此研究基础上,开发了用于沥青路面裂缝检测的窗口系统WSPCD1.0。它集成了本文的研究成果,便于对沥青路面裂缝进行自动检测和参数输出。