Distance transform algorithm for measuring nanofiber diameter

Mohammad Ziabari; Vahid Mottaghitalab; Akbar Khodaparast Haghi

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.25, No.4, 905-918, July, 2008

DOI10.1007/s11814-008-0149-4 Export Citation

Distance transform algorithm for measuring nanofiber diameter

Mohammad Ziabari, Vahid Mottaghitalab, and Akbar Khodaparast Haghi^†

University of Guilan, P.O.BOX 3756, Rasht, Iran

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This paper describes a new distance transform method used for measuring fiber diameter in electrospun nanofiber webs. In this algorithm, the effect of intersection is eliminated, which brings more accuracy to the measurement. The method is tested by a series of simulated images with known characteristics as well as some real webs obtained from electrospinning of PVA. Our method is compared with the distance transform method. The results obtained by our method were significantly better than the distance transform, indicating that the new method could successfully be used to measure electrospun fiber diameter.

Keywords:Electrospinning;Nanofiber Diameter;Image Analysis;Distance Transform;Novel Technique

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[Referenced By]

[1] Haghi AK, Akbari M, Phys. Status Solidi A-Appl. Res., 204, 1830 (2007)

[2] Doshi J, Reneker DH, J. Electrostatics, 35, 151 (1995)

[3] Fong H, Reneker DH, Electrospinning and the formation of nanofibers, In: D. R. Salem, Structure formation in polymeric fibers, Hanser, Cincinnati (2001)

[4] Li D, Xia YN, Adv. Mater., 16(14), 1151 (2004)

[5] Huang ZM, Zhang YZ, Kotaki M, Ramakrishna S, Compos. Sci. Technol., 63, 2223 (2003)

[6] Park HS, Park YO, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 22(1), 165 (2005)

[7] Kim GT, Hwang YJ, Ahn YC, Shin HS, Lee JK, Sung CM, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 22(1), 147 (2005)

[8] Kim GT, Lee JS, Shin JH, Ahn YC, Hwang YJ, Shin HS, Lee JK, Sung CM, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 22(5), 783 (2005)

[9] Pourdeyhimi B, Ramanathan R, Dent R, Text. Res. J., 66, 713 (1996)

[10] Pourdeyhimi B, Ramanathan R, Dent R, Text. Res. J., 66, 747 (1996)

[11] Pourdeyhimi B, Ramanathan R, Davis H, Text. Res. J., 67, 143 (1997)

[12] Pourdeyhimi B, Dent R, Text. Res. J., 67, 181 (1997)

[13] Pourdeyhimi B, Dent R, Jerbi A, Tanaka S, Deshpande A, Text. Res. J., 69, 185 (1999)

[14] Pourdeyhimi B, Kim HS, Text. Res. J., 72, 803 (2002)

[15] Xu B, Ting YL, Text. Res. J., 65, 41 (1995)

[16] Krucinska I, Krucinski S, Text. Res. J., 69, 363 (1999)

[17] Pourdeyhimi B, Dent R, Text. Res. J., 69, 233 (1999)

[18] Luzhansky DM, Quality control in manufacturing electrospun nanofiber composites, International nonwovens technical conference, Baltimore, Maryland (September 15-18, 2003)

[19] Kim HS, Pourdeyhimi B, Intern. Nonwoven J., 15-19 (Winter 2000)

[20] Aydilek AH, Oguz SH, Edil TB, J. Comput. Civil Eng., 280 (2002)

[21] Chhabra R, Intern. Nonwoven J., 43-50 (Spring 2003)

[22] Ghassemieh E, Versteeg HK, Acar M, Intern. Nonwoven J., 26-31 (Summer 2001)

[23] Abdel-Ghani MS, Davis GA, Chem. Eng. Sci., 40, 117 (1985)

[24] Pratt WK, Digital image processing, 3rd Ed., John Wiley and Sons, New York (2001)

[25] Jahne B, Digital image processing, 5th Ed., Springer, Germany (2002)

[26] Gonzalez RC, Woods RE, Digital image processing, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, New Jersey (2001)

[27] Breu H, Gil J, Kirkpatrick D, Werman M, IEEE T. Pattern Anal., 17, 529 (1995)

[28] Sudha N, Nandi S, Bora PK, Sridharan K, Efficient computation of euclidean distance transform for applications in image processing, Proceedings of IEEE Region 10 International Conference on Global Connectivity in Energy, Computer, Communication and Control, 49-52 (1998)

[29] Ye QZ, The signed euclidean distance transform and its applications, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Rome, Italy, 495-499 (1988)

[30] Otsu N, IEEE T. Syst. Man. Cy., 9, 62 (1979)