Comparison of 3D structural characteristics of high and low resolution X-ray microtomographic images of paper

Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-288

  Holmstad, Rune ^a,d   Gregersen, Øyvind W ^a   Aaltosalmi, Urpo ^b   Kataja, Markku ^b   Koponen, Antti ^b   Goel, Amit ^c   Ramaswamy, Shri ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Norske Skog   (Norway)

Author keywords

3D paper structure; Image quality; Lattice Boltzmann simulation; Representativity; Resolution effect; Structural assessments; X ray microtomography

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; VISUALIZATION; X RAYS;

3D PAPER STRUCTURE; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN SIMULATION; REPRESENTATIVITY; RESOLUTION EFFECT; STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENTS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

PAPER;

IMAGES; PAPER PROPERTIES; PAPER STRUCTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIATION; RESEARCH; RESOLUTION; TRENDS;

EID: 27444443343     PISSN: 02832631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3183/npprj-2005-20-03-p283-288     Document Type: Article

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