Pore space analysis of beech wood: The vessel network

Holzforschung

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 639-644

  Hass, Philipp ^a   Wittel, Falk K ^a   McDonald, Sam A ^b,c,e   Marone, Federica ^b   Stampanoni, Marco ^b,d   Herrmann, Hans J ^a   Niemz, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c University of Lausanne Medical Center   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

beech wood; image analysis; synchrotron radiation X ray tomographic microscopy (SRXTM); vessel network

Indexed keywords

BEECH WOOD; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; GROWTH RINGS; NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS; PORE SPACE; SPATIAL SIZE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) NETWORKS; TOMOGRAPHIC; TOMOGRAPHIC DATA; VESSEL NETWORK; WATER TRANSPORT;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WOOD; X RAYS;

X RAY ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC CIRCUITS; FAGUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; RADIATION; VESSELS; WOOD; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

FAGUS;

EID: 77956192672     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2010.103     Document Type: Article

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