On the influence of imaging conditions and algorithms on the quantification of surface topography

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 169-179

  Wendt, U ^a   Stiebe Lange, K ^a   Smid, M ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Fractal dimension; Surface area; Surface topography; Topometry

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SURFACE ANALYSIS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL-LASER-SCANNING-MICROSCOPY; FRACTURE SURFACES; IMAGING ALGORITHM; IMAGING CONDITIONS; SIZE AND SHAPE; SURFACE AREA; TOPOGRAPHICAL IMAGES; TOPOMETRY; VOXEL SIZE;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

STEEL;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; ORIENTATION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036381219     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2002.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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