Microstructural analysis of lignocellulosic fiber networks
Thomas Walther, Kasim Terzić, Tilman Donath, Hans Meine, Felix Beckmann, Heiko Thoemen · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2006
The structure of wood based medium density fiberboard (MDF) has been studied using synchrotron radiation-based x-ray microtomography (SRμCT.) Fully automated 3D segmentation and analysis routines have been developed in order to gain information about individual fibers, the distribution of the fiber material, fiber orientation, fiber surfaces and size and location of contact areas. Representative samples of the analyzed volume data are presented to demonstrate the results of the implemented methods using the VIGRA image processing library.