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

SPE Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 164-176

  Thompson, Karsten E ^a   Willson, Clinton S ^a   White, Christopher D ^a   Nyman, Stephanie L ^b   Bhattacharya, Janok P ^c   Reed, Allen H ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW CONTROL; IMAGE RESOLUTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; FORMATION EVALUATION; GRANULAR STRUCTURESS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE IMAGE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; X-RAY COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 48849102432     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/95887-PA     Document Type: Article

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