Journal of Automated Methods and Management in Chemistry
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 838412, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/838412
Research Article

An Effective On-line Polymer Characterization Technique by Using SALS Image Processing Software and Wavelet Analysis

Guang-ming Xian,1 Jin-ping Qu,2 and Bi-qing Zeng1

1Computer Engineering Department, South China Normal University, Foshan, Guangdong 528225, China
2National Engineering Research Center of Novel Equipment for Polymer Processing, The Key Laboratory of Polymer Processing Engineering, South China University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510641, China

Received 29 October 2008; Accepted 9 December 2008

Academic Editor: Peter Stockwell

Copyright © 2008 Guang-ming Xian et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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