A recipe for image characterization of fractal-like aggregates

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1379-1389

  Brasil, A M ^a   Farias, T L ^a   Carvalho, M G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SURFACES;

FRACTAL PROPERTIES; IMAGE CHARACTERIZATION; PROJECTED IMAGES; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 0033486431     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(99)00026-9     Document Type: Article

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