Numerical Algorithm for Pore Size Distribution Characterization of Materials from 3D Images
Neven Ukrainczyk, Eduardus Koenders, Klaas van Breugel · Advanced materials research · 2013
This paper presents an image based numerical method proposed to obtain information regarding pore structure and organization of pores within materials based on 3D digital image input. The output of the numerical algorithm is a pore size distribution of materials. The algorithm is based on the combination of the two digital image processing algorithms: 1) a medial axis thinning algorithm to obtain 3D skeleton of the pore structure, and 2) the distance transform of an image. The method is tested on simple 2D and 3D microstructures of packed spheres, demonstrating the performance of the proposed method.