An advanced algorithm for highway pavement fissure detection

This paper presents image detection method of pavement crack based on fractal dimension feature and designs self-adapting algorithm of fractal dimension interval of pavement region. Through image pretreatment, calculation of fractal dimension, self-adapting calculation of dimension interval, we obtain the location image of damage pavement. The experimental results of transverse crack, longitudinal crack, net-shaped crack, pit slot are contrast with that of Sobel operator. The results show that they have the similar capability on the representation of crack, but the proposed method is more flexible on the aspect of representation of crack size and calculation of damage ratio.