DocumentCode
2966981
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
fYear
1988
fDate
10-11 Mar 1988
Firstpage
230
Lastpage
233
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Bioengineering Conference, 1988., Proceedings of the 1988 Fourteenth Annual Northeast
Conference_Location
Durham, NH
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NEBC.1988.19393
Filename
19393
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