Image processing and fractal box counting: User-assisted method for multi-scale porous scaffold characterization

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3109-3118

  Guarino, V ^a   Ambrosio, L ^a   Guaccio, A ^b   Netti, P A ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS APPROACH; BOX-COUNTING; CUT-OFF; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; GRAY SCALE; IMAGE PROCESSING - METHODS; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGICAL DATA; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; MULTISCALES; PERCOLATING CLUSTERS; POROSIMETRY; POROUS SCAFFOLD; POROUS SYSTEM; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SEM MICROGRAPHS; SOFT MATERIAL; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

FRACTAL DIMENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MERCURY (METAL); PROCESSING; SOLVENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SCAFFOLDS;

POLYCAPROLACTONE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORPHOLOGY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FRACTALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 78651293508     PISSN: 09574530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10856-010-4163-9     Document Type: Article

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