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Automatic Fiber Length Measurements with a Multi-Stencil Fast Marching Method on Microscopy Images

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2020

Chanjuan Liu ,
Menno Bergmeijer ,
Sébastien Pierrat  and
Olivier Guise
Chanjuan Liu*
Affiliation:
SABIC, Global Analytical Science, Coorperate T&I, Plasticslaan 1, 4612PXBergen op Zoom, The Netherlands
Menno Bergmeijer
Affiliation:
SABIC, Global Analytical Science, Coorperate T&I, Plasticslaan 1, 4612PXBergen op Zoom, The Netherlands
Sébastien Pierrat
Affiliation:
SABIC, Global Analytical Science, Coorperate T&I, Plasticslaan 1, 4612PXBergen op Zoom, The Netherlands
Olivier Guise
Affiliation:
SABIC, Global Analytical Science, Coorperate T&I, Plasticslaan 1, 4612PXBergen op Zoom, The Netherlands
*
*Author for correspondence: Chanjuan Liu, E-mail: chanjuan.liu@sabic.com
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Abstract

Fiber length has a strong impact on the mechanical properties of composite materials. It is one of the most important quantitative features in characterizing microstructures for understanding the material performance. Studies conducted to determine fiber length distribution have primarily focused on sample preparation and fiber dispersion. However, the subsequent image analysis is frequently performed manually or semi-automatically, which either requires careful sample preparation or manual intervention in the image analysis and processing. In this article, an image processing and analysis method has been developed based on medial axis transformation via the multi-stencil fast marching method for fiber length measurements on acquired microscopy images. The developed method can be implemented fully automatically and without any user induced delays. This method offers high efficiency, sub-pixel accuracy, and excellent statistical representativity.

Keywords

automated fiber length measurementcomposites materialsdigital microscopy imagesmedial axis transformation (MAT)multi-stencil fast marching (MSFM)
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Software and Instrumentation
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , June 2020 , pp. 387 - 396
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2020

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