X-ray tomography as a tool for detailed anatomical analysis

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 508-508

  Bulcke, Jan Van Den ^a   Boone, Matthieu ^a   Acker, Joris Van ^a   Stevens, Marc ^a   Hoorebeke, Luc Van ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Image processing; Wood; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION; WOOD;

EID: 70449585555     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009033     Document Type: Article

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