Optimization of a FIB/SEM slice-and-view study of the 3D distribution of Ni4Ti3 precipitates in Ni-Ti

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-68

  Cao, S ^a   Tirry, W ^a   Van Den Broek, W ^a   Schryvers, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; FIB; Ni4Ti3 precipitates; Slice and view

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ION BEAMS; NICKEL ALLOYS; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

3D MORPHOLOGY; 3D RECONSTRUCTION; AUSTENITIC; DUAL-BEAM; FIB; FIB SEM; MATRIX; NI4TI3 PRECIPITATE; OPTIMISATIONS; SLICE AND VIEW;

BINARY ALLOYS;

ALLOY; NICKEL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; HISTOGRAM; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 58449097616     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.03095.x     Document Type: Article

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