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Some aspects of the application of image analysis to the study of fission tracks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

N. Petford  and
J. A. Miller
N. Petford
Affiliation:
Bullard Laboratories, Department of Earth Sciences, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0EZ, UK
J. A. Miller
Affiliation:
Bullard Laboratories, Department of Earth Sciences, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0EZ, UK
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Abstract

Analysis and processing of electronic images generated using confocal scanning laser microscopy (CSLM) provide a new means of counting and determining the angular distribution of fission tracks in crystalline solids. Using image analysis techniques, large numbers of fission tracks in external mica detectors can be counted rapidly, while measurement of aspect ratio and area of a track entry hole at its intersection with a surface can provide a means of assessing the angle of inclination of individual tracks within minerals and plastics. CSLM imaging, combined with image processing, offers a new and powerful way of probing the surfaces and interiors of crystalline materials. The techniques might also prove useful in the study of fluid inclusions and chemical zoning patterns in minerals.

Keywords

confocal microscopyfission tracksimage analysisexternal detectors
Type
Image analysis
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 59 , Issue 395 , June 1995 , pp. 197 - 201
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1995

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Present address: School of Geological Sciences, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Surrey, KT1 2EE, UK

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