Measurement of wall thickness of fully collapsed fibres by confocal microscopy and image analysis

Appita Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 501-X6

  Xu, Li ^b   Filonenko, Yuri ^b   Li, Mulan ^b   Parker, Ian ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Cross section; Fibre wall thickness; Image analysis; Optical sectioning; Wood fibre

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009718728     PISSN: 10386807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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