Towards the measurement of porous materials: a comparison between computed X-ray tomography and serial sectioning

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer34
FachzeitschriftProduction Engineering
Jahrgang20
Ausgabenummer1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 19 Jan. 2026

Abstract

Characterizing porous metals requires reliable 3D reconstruction. We compare X-ray computed tomography (XCT) and serial sectioning using a virtual ground truth from segmented XCT data. A GPU-based virtual XCT pipeline simulates imaging artifacts, serial sectioning is modeled via extracted topographies and simulated annealing reconstruction. XCT achieves over 98% accuracy but remains sensitive to segmentation thresholding. Serial sectioning captures visible surfaces precisely but cannot measure occluded regions, yielding lower reconstruction accuracy of 91%. Given these complementary strengths, we propose a hybrid approach where CLSM-derived porosity measurements inform XCT threshold selection, grounding this critical parameter in measured sample properties rather than image statistics alone.

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Towards the measurement of porous materials: a comparison between computed X-ray tomography and serial sectioning. / Friedrich, Lenarde Oliver; Stegmann, Johannes; Guissem, Oumaima et al.
in: Production Engineering, Jahrgang 20, Nr. 1, 34, 19.01.2026.

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Friedrich LO, Stegmann J, Guissem O, Hinz L, Mevert J, Klose C et al. Towards the measurement of porous materials: a comparison between computed X-ray tomography and serial sectioning. Production Engineering. 2026 Jan 19;20(1):34. doi: 10.1007/s11740-025-01408-0
Friedrich, Lenarde Oliver ; Stegmann, Johannes ; Guissem, Oumaima et al. / Towards the measurement of porous materials : a comparison between computed X-ray tomography and serial sectioning. in: Production Engineering. 2026 ; Jahrgang 20, Nr. 1.
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