TY - JOUR N2 - Analysis of the shape and location of abrasive grain tips as well as their changes during the grinding process, is the basis for forecasting the machining process results. This paper presents a methodology of using the watershed segmentation in identifying abrasive grains on the abrasive tool active surface. Some abrasive grain tips were selected to minimize the errors of detecting many tips on a single abrasive grain. The abrasive grains, singled out as a result of the watershed segmentation, were then analyzed to determine their geometric parameters. Moreover, the statistical parameters describing their locations on the abrasive tool active surface and the parameters characterizing intergranular spaces were determined. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/106357/PDF/10.1515mms-2016-0043%20paper%2007.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/106357 PY - 2016 IS - No 4 EP - 577 DO - 10.1515/mms-2016-0043 KW - grinding wheel KW - grain segmentation KW - watershed segmentation KW - image analysis A1 - LipiƄski, Dariusz A1 - Kacalak, Wojciech PB - Polish Academy of Sciences Committee on Metrology and Scientific Instrumentation VL - vol. 23 DA - 2016.12.15 T1 - Metrological Aspects of Abrasive Tool Active Surface Topography Evaluation SP - 567 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/106357 T2 - Metrology and Measurement Systems ER -