Image-analysis-based method for 3D crystal morphology measurement and polymorph identification using confocal microscopy

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3735-3748

  Singh, Meenesh R ^a   Chakraborty, Jayanta ^b   Nere, Nandkishor ^c   Tung, Hsien Hsin ^d   Bordawekar, Shailendra ^d   Ramkrishna, Doraiswami ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Adiya Birla Science and Technology Company Ltd   (India)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D SHAPE; ANGULAR PATTERN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; CONVEX POLYHEDRONS; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; FLUORESCENT DYES; MORPHOLOGY DISTRIBUTIONS; NORMAL VECTOR; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; POLYMORPHISM;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84863471813     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg300547w     Document Type: Article

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