Three-dimensional morphometry in scanning electron microscopy: A technique for accurate dimensional and angular measurements of microstructures using stereopaired digitized images and digital image analysis

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-33

  Minnich, B ^a   Leeb, H ^a   Bernroider, E W N ^b   Lametschwandtner, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

3D morphometry; Digital image analysis; Quantification of microstructures; SEM

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VECTOR SPACES;

3D MORPHOMETRY; 3D-IMAGES; DIGITAL IMAGE ACQUISITION; DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; DIGITIZED IMAGES; MEASUREMENTS OF; MORPHOMETRY; PARALLEL-PROJECTION; QUANTIFICATION OF MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRONS;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032818037     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1999.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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