Traditional vs. automated computer image analysis—a comparative assessment of use for analysis of digital SEM images of high-temperature Ceramic Material
Authors:
- Ilona Jastrzębska,
- Adam Piwowarczyk
Abstract
Image analysis is a powerful tool that can be applied in scientific research, industry, and everyday life, but still, there is more room to use it in materials science. The interdisciplinary cooperation between materials scientists and computer scientists can unlock the potential of digital image analysis. Traditional image analysis used in materials science, manual or computer-aided, permits for the quantitative assessment of the coexisting components at the cross-sections, based on stereological law. However, currently used cutting-edge tools for computer image analysis can greatly speed up the process of microstructure analysis, e.g., via simultaneous extraction of quantitative data of all phases in an SEM image. The dedicated digital image processing software Aphelion was applied to develop an algorithm for the automated image analysis of multi-phase high-temperature ceramic material. The algorithm recognizes each phase and simultaneously calculates its quantity. In this work, we compare the traditional stereology-based methods of image analysis (linear and planimetry) to the automated method using a developed algorithm. The analysis was performed on a digital SEM microstructural image of high-temperature ceramic material from the Cu-Al-Fe-O system, containing four different phase components. The results show the good agreement of data obtained by classical stereology-based methods and the developed automated method. This presents an opportunity for the fast extraction of both qualitative and quantitative from the SEM images.
- Record ID
- CUTfd6cc2294d15475181f7896e653156c3
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- Author
- Journal series
- Materials, ISSN , e-ISSN 1996-1944, Biweekly
- Issue year
- 2023
- Vol
- 16
- No
- 2
- Pages
- [1-26]
- Article number
- 812
- Other elements of collation
- fot.; rys.; tab.; wykr.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 25-26; Bibliografia (liczba pozycji) - 47; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 16, Iss. 2, Spec. Iss.
- Substantive notes
- Special Issue: Design, Manufacturing, and Properties of Refractory Materials
- Keywords in English
- ceramic, spinel, copper, SEM/EDS, digital image, computer analysis, stereology
- ASJC Classification
- DOI
- DOI:10.3390/ma16020812 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/16/2/812 Opening in a new tab
- Related project
- Opracowanie nowej generacji inteligentnych bezchromowych materiałów ogniotrwałych dla przemysłu miedziowego. . Project leader at PK: , ,
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- eng (en) English
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- 140
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- Indeksowana w: Web of Science, Scopus
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUTfd6cc2294d15475181f7896e653156c3/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUTfd6cc2294d15475181f7896e653156c3
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