Title :
A method for determining fiber direction in soft tissues
Author :
Ault, H.K. ; Hoffman, A.H. ; Grigg, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Worcester Polytech. Inst., MA, USA
Abstract :
A method has been developed to determine local fiber orientations from scanning electron microscope images of connective tissues. The digitized image is convolved with gradient operators to locate edges and determine their direction. The local directions of the fibers are found and collected into a histogram representing a fiber-orientation distribution function
Keywords :
biological techniques and instruments; scanning electron microscope examination of materials; connective tissues; digitized image; edge location; fibre direction determination method; fibre-orientation distribution function; gradient operators; histogram; scanning electron microscope images; soft tissues; Biological tissues; Connective tissue; Distribution functions; Histograms; Image analysis; Image edge detection; Material properties; Micromechanical devices; Optical fiber testing; Solid modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 1988., Proceedings of the 1988 Fourteenth Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Durham, NH
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.1988.19393
