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Algorithm for post-processing of tomography images to calculate the dimension-geometric features of porous structures
M.V. Chukalina 1,2, A.V. Khafizov 1, V.V. Kokhan 2,3, A.V. Buzmakov 1,2, R.A. Senin 4, V.I. Uvarov 5, M.V. Grigoriev 6

1 FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS, 119333, Russia, Moscow, Leninskiy Prospekt, 59,

2 Smart Engines LLC, 117312, Russia, Moscow, 60-letiya Oktyabrya Ave, 9,

3 Institute for Information Transmission Problems RAS, 127051, Russia, Moscow, Karetny per. 19, build. 1,

4 NRC Kurchatov Institute, 123098, Russia, Moscow, Ploshchad' Akademika Kurchatova, 1, b. 113,

5 Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials Science RAS,
142432, Russia, Chernogolovka, Ulitsa Akademika Osip'yana, 8,

6 Institute of Microelectronics Technology and High-Purity Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
142432, Russia, Chernogolovka, Ulitsa Akademika Osip'yana, 6

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DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-CO-781

Страницы: 110-121.

Язык статьи: English

Аннотация:
An algorithm for post-processing of the grayscale 3D computed tomography (CT) images of porous structures with the automatic selection of filtering parameters is proposed. The determination of parameters is carried out on a representative part of the image under analysis. A criterion for the search for optimal filtering parameters based on the count of "levitating stone" voxels is described. The stages of CT image filtering and its binarization are performed sequentially. Bilateral and anisotropic diffuse filtering is implemented; the Otsu method for unbalanced classes is chosen for binarization. Verification of the proposed algorithm was carried out on model data. To create model porous structures, we used our image generator, which implements the function of anisotropic porous structures generation. Results of the post-processing of real CT images containing noise and reconstruction artifacts by the proposed method are discussed.

Ключевые слова:
postprocessing of CT-images, CT images of porous structures, representative volume element, anisotropic porous structures.

Благодарности
This work was partly supported by the RF Ministry of Science and Higher Education within the State assignment of the FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS (computed tomography measurements and data analysis) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) under projects Nos. 18-29-26019 and 19-01-00790 (algorithms development).

Citation:
Chukalina MV, Khafizov AV, Kokhan VV, Buzmakov AV, Senin RA, Uvarov VI, Grigoriev MV. Algorithm for post-processing of tomography images to calculate the dimension-geometric features of porous structures. Computer Optics 2021; 45(1): 110-121. DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-CO-781.

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