Effects of manual threshold setting on image analysis results of a sandstone sample structural characterization by X-ray microtomography

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 937-941

  Moreira, Anderson C ^a   Appoloni, Carlos R ^b   Mantovani, Iara F ^a   Fernandes, Jaquiel S ^c   Marques, Leonardo C ^b   Nagata, Rodrigo ^b   Fernandes, Celso P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c Docente Do Instituto Federal Catarinense   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Porosity and pore size distribution; Threshold; X ray microtomography

Indexed keywords

BINARY IMAGES; CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SANDSTONE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; X RAYS;

PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POROSITY AND PORE SIZE; SANDSTONE SAMPLES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; THRESHOLD; THRESHOLD SETTING; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

PORE SIZE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; ROCK; SANDSTONE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860200955     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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