Imaging and image processing in porous media research

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1174-1187

  Kaestner, A ^a   Lehmann, E ^b   Stampanoni, M ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Image enhancement; Image segmentation; PDE filters; Porous media; Soil; Synchrotron light; Thermal neutrons; Water movement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA; FLOW MODELLING; FLUID DISTRIBUTIONS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NEUTRON-BASED; PDE FILTERS; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS MEDIUMS; SATURATED SANDS; SOIL; SOIL AGGREGATES; STRUCTURE IDENTIFICATION; SYNCHROTRON LIGHT; SYNCHROTRON X-RAYS; THERMAL NEUTRONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WATER MOVEMENT;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

FLUID FLOW; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; POROUS MEDIUM; SEGMENTATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 50149110399     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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