Exploration of the physical properties of internal characteristics of sugar maple logs and relationships with CT images

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 591-604

  Espinoza, Gerson Rojas ^a,b   Hernández, Roger ^a   Condal, Alfonso ^a   Verret, Daniel ^c   Beauregard, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Universitad del Bio Rio   (Chile)

^c FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

CT image; Green density; Moisture content; Sugar maple; Wood defects

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION METHODS; DEFECTS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HARDWOODS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MOISTURE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BASIC DENSITY; GREEN DENSITY; INTERNAL CHARACTERISTICS; SUGAR MAPLE LOGS; WOOD DEFECTS; X-RAY SCANNER;

WOOD;

ACER SACCHARUM; CORRELATION; DEFECTS; DENSITY; HEART WOOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOGS; MOISTURE CONTENT; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SAP WOOD; SCANNING; WOOD PROPERTIES; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 27844476417     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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