Automated extraction of symmetric microstructure features in serial sectioning images

Materials Characterization

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1406-1417

  Tschopp, M A ^b   Groeber, M A ^a   Simmons, J P ^a   Rosenberger, A H ^a   Woodward, C ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrite core; Feature extraction; Image processing; Materials characterization; Nickel based superalloy; Single crystal

Indexed keywords

3D CHARACTERIZATION; AUTOMATED DETECTION; AUTOMATED EXTRACTION; AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODOLOGY; DENDRITE CORE; FOUR-FOLD SYMMETRY; GROWTH DIRECTIONS; IMAGE DATA; LENGTH SCALE; MATERIAL MICROSTRUCTURES; MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION; NICKEL-BASED SUPERALLOY; SEGMENTATION ARTIFACTS; SERIAL SECTIONING; SINGLE CRYSTAL NI-BASED SUPERALLOYS; TURBINE BLADE;

AUTOMATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEURONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SUPERALLOYS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

DENDRITES (METALLOGRAPHY);

EID: 78649935278     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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