3D image analysis of open foams using random tessellations

Image Analysis and Stereology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-93

  Lautensack, Claudia ^a   Sych, Tetyana ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL MATHEMATICS ITWM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foam structures; Image analysis; Minkowski functionals; Random tessellations; Volume images; Voronoi tessellation

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749123043     PISSN: 15803139     EISSN: 18545165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5566/ias.v25.p87-93     Document Type: Article

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