Algorithms for automatic calculation of streamer track ionization in half-tone measurements

The model of the streamer track image with a uniform background is considered. The simulation of half-tone measurements is made, which takes into account the effects of streamer overlapping. On the basis of this model a high-efficient algorithm for processing the obtained using the digital mode of image is suggested. The algorithm consists of the following parts: track partition into separate blobs of overlapping streamers; calculation of volumes under surface of the brightness function; smoothing the obtained curves by bellshape cubic splines; peak detecting by means of the first and second differences. The high reliability of the method was proved by testing on simulated data