Rock image analysis using three-dimensional segmentation

A method comprising:

• receiving three dimensional (3D) image of a geological sample;
• adjusting an initial size of the 3D image of the geological sample to generate a resized 3D image of the geological sample;
• partitioning the resized 3D image of the geological sample into cubes;
• determining a center of mass for each cube and assign a label to each center of mass of each cube;
• generating, for each cube, orthogonal planes based on the determined center of mass of each cube;
• extracting, for the orthogonal planes associated with each cube, one or more features to represent texture of the geological sample;
• grouping the cubes into one or more clusters based on the one or more features;
• and
• constructing a volume of the resized 3D image of the geological sample based on the one or more clusters for a texture analysis of the geological sample.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• receive three dimensional (3D) image of a geological sample;
• adjust an initial size of the 3D image of the geological sample to generate a resized 3D image of the geological sample;
• partition the resized 3D image of the geological sample into cubes;
• determine a center of mass for each cube and assign a label to each center of mass of each cube;
• generate, for each cube, orthogonal planes based on the determined center of mass of each cube;
• extract, for the orthogonal planes associated with each cube, one or more features to represent texture of the geological sample;
• group the cubes into one or more clusters based on the one or more features;
• and
• construct a volume of the resized 3D image of the geological sample based on the one or more clusters for a texture analysis of the geological sample.