Computing particle surface areas and contact areas from three-dimensional tomography data of particulate materials

Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 440-452

  Thompson, Karsten E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact area; Imaging; Particles; Surface area; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

CONTACT AREA; SURFACE AREA;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 38749085255     PISSN: 09340866     EISSN: 15214117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.200601139     Document Type: Article

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