Application of a new grain-based reconstruction algorithm to microtomography images for quantitative characterization and flow modeling

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1811-1822

  Thompson, K E ^a   Willson, C S ^a   White, C D ^a   Nyman, S ^b   Bhattacharya, J ^c   Reed, A H ^d  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOMOGRAPHY;

FLOW MODELING; GRAIN BASED RECONSTRUCTION; NON DESTRUCTIVE IMAGING; X-RAY COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY (XMT);

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644790415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/95887-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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