Measurement and Application of Computed Tomography Technology in Wood
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Wood Science and Forest Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2024) | Viewed by 362
Special Issue Editors
Interests: computed tomography; image processing analysis; advanced methods and software development; mathematical modelling; numerical simulations, microstructure analysis; dynamic processes; dendrochronology/conservation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wood is one of the most remarkable raw materials used by humans for thousands of years. It displays a complex and fascinating microstructure composed of cells of different sizes and shapes as the main structural element. The quantification of wood anatomical characteristics, such vessel size, number of vessels, cell wall thickness, tree-ring widths, porosity, etc., is very important in many disciplines, such as wood technology, tree physiology, dendrochronology, environment/ecology, archaeology, conservation, and forensics.
Computed tomography (CT) has emerged as an essential non-destructive tool for detailed three-dimensional analysis of wood anatomy. The interaction of the incoming beam (e.g., X-rays, neutrons) with the wood atoms is imaged using radiographies and tomograms, i.e., internal 3D views, providing relevant imaging data for a fully quantitative characterization of the material’s microstructure and dynamic processes occurring within it.
The aim of this Special Issue is to present selected contributions detailing the applications of CT technology for wood analysis to provide insights into the quantification of the wood microstructure from experimental imaging data. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Conventional X-ray, synchrotron and neutron CT imaging;
- Image-based and statistical method developments;
- Assessing of conservation methods;
- Tree ring and morphology analysis;
- Hardware/software development;
- Further tomographic methods such as magnetic resonance imaging;
- Wood species identification and characterization of anatomical features;
- Dendrochronological and environmental analysis;
- Studying manufacturing technology.
We invite colleagues to contribute their research to this Special Issue to further the applications of CT in wood analysis.
Dr. Jorge Martinez Garcia
Dr. Jörg Stelzner
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- computed tomography
- archaeological wood
- conservation
- non-destructive analysis
- image processing
- dendrochronology, wood anatomy
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