Analysis of spatial cross-correlations in multi-constituent volume data

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 282-292

  Rack, A ^a,b   Helfen, L ^b   Baumbach, T ^b   Kirste, S ^a   Banhart, J ^a,e   Schladitz, K ^c   Ohser, J ^d  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL MATHEMATICS ITWM   (Germany)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; Euclidean distance transform; Fourier transform; Image analysis; Microstructure of foam; Microtomography; Random sets

Indexed keywords

BLOWING AGENTS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FOAMS;

CROSS-CORRELATION FUNCTION; CROSS-CORRELATIONS; CT; EUCLIDEAN DISTANCE TRANSFORMS; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENTS OF; MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY; MICROSTRUCTURE OF FOAM; RANDOM SET; VOLUME DATA;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOAM; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 55349122591     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.02100.x     Document Type: Article

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