Star length distribution: A volume-based concept for the characterization of structural anisotropy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 249-257

  Smit, Th H ^a,c   Schneider, E ^a   Odgaard, A ^b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Mean intercept length; Porous media; Star length distribution; Star volume distribution; Volume orientation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; STARS;

LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; MEAN-INTERCEPT-LENGTH; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; POROUS MEDIUM; RESEARCH FIELDS; STAR LENGTH DISTRIBUTION; STAR VOLUME DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL ANISOTROPY; VOLUME DISTRIBUTIONS; VOLUME ORIENTATION;

POROUS MATERIALS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRABECULAR BONE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0031693622     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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