Extracting multiple interacting root systems using X-ray microcomputed tomography

Plant Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1034-1043

  Mairhofer, Stefan ^a   Sturrock, Craig J ^a   Bennett, Malcolm J ^a   Mooney, Sacha J ^a   Pridmore, Tony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

multiple target tracking; root system interaction; technical advance; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SOILS; TARGET TRACKING; TOMOGRAPHY;

MULTIPLE TARGET TRACKING; NATURAL SOIL ENVIRONMENTS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; ROOT SYSTEM; TECHNICAL ADVANCES; X RAY MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PLANT ROOT; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; WHEAT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PLANT ROOTS; SOFTWARE; TRITICUM; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84954483690     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13047     Document Type: Article

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