Abstract
The granulometry operator is a mathematical operator largely employed in the 3D analysis of porous media to estimate the sizes of the pores detected in pervious materials and tissues. Quantifying the total porosity volume in a material with only closed pores is a relatively easy task. A simple numerical analysis of connected void or fluid phase components enables one to obtain such a volume. Unfortunately, for materials and/or tissues with (partly) open porosity granulometry calculations might become excessively time and memory consuming. In this work we suggest a method by means of which the open porosity map can be rapidly calculated on the basis of a pre-calculated distance map.
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