Automated Methods to Determine Electrospun Fiber Alignment and Diameter Using the Radon Transform

BioNanoScience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-342

  Schaub, Nicholas J ^a   Kirkpatrick, Sean J ^b   Gilbert, Ryan J ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospun Fibers; Fourier Transform; Image Analysis; RT; SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy)

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED METHODS; ELECTROSPUN FIBERS; ELECTROSPUN SCAFFOLDS; ENTROPY METHODS; FIBER ALIGNMENT; RADON TRANSFORM; RT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE;

ALIGNMENT; ELECTROSPINNING; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FIBERS;

NANOFIBER; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSPINNING; ENTROPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84887338932     PISSN: 21911630     EISSN: 21911649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12668-013-0100-y     Document Type: Article

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