Estimation of average particle size from vertical projections

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-200

  Gokhale, A M ^a   Benes V ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Particle size; Stereology

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE;

3D MICROSTRUCTURES; ABSOLUTE NUMBER; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; AVERAGE SIZE; AVERAGE WIDTH; PARTICLES SIZES; SHAPE TEST; STEREOLOGY; TEST-LINES; VERTICAL PROJECTION;

PARTICLE SIZE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STEREOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031873499     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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