Beam hardening artifact reduction in microfocus computed tomography for improved quantitative coal characterization

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 101-111

  Remeysen, K ^a   Swennen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beam hardening; Coal characterization; Tomography; X ray analysis

Indexed keywords

BEAM HARDENING; COAL CHARACTERIZATION; COAL SAMPLES; MICROFOCUS COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; REFLECTED LIGHT-MICROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

COAL;

COAL; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33745445988     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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