Anodic porous alumina structural characteristics study based on SEM image processing and analysis

Raimundo, Daniel Scodeler; Calíope, Priscila Braga; Huanca, Danilo Roque; Salcedo, Walter J.

doi:10.1016/j.mejo.2008.11.024

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“…This can be achieved by users because the segmentation algorithm is written modularly and can be easily changed/replaced while not affecting other MIST capabilities. Important alternative segmentation methods can be derived from erosion, 12 edge detection, 17 watershed transformations, 18 …”

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“…Attempts at resolving these problems by introducing a standardized segmentation method have been made, however most of these tools still did not proliferate and often do not feature a convenient interface. [12][13][14] They generally had disadvantages such as poor segmentation efficiency, inability to find proper region of interest edges, or lack of further quantitative analysis.…”

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Microscopy image segmentation tool: Robust image data analysis

Valmianski

Montón

Schuller

2014

Review of Scientific Instruments

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We present a software package called Microscopy Image Segmentation Tool (MIST). MIST is designed for analysis of microscopy images which contain large collections of small regions of interest (ROIs). Originally developed for analysis of porous anodic alumina scanning electron images, MIST capabilities have been expanded to allow use in a large variety of problems including analysis of biological tissue, inorganic and organic film grain structure, as well as nano- and meso-scopic structures. MIST provides a robust segmentation algorithm for the ROIs, includes many useful analysis capabilities, and is highly flexible allowing incorporation of specialized user developed analysis. We describe the unique advantages MIST has over existing analysis software. In addition, we present a number of diverse applications to scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, magnetic force microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, and fluorescent confocal laser scanning microscopy.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Microscopy image segmentation tool: Robust image data analysis

Valmianski

Montón

Schuller

2014

Review of Scientific Instruments

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“…On the analogy of this, the tip shape can be determined accurately after consideration of all image points. To increase the ordering quality of the porous structures, a two-step process was performed in most cases [15,17]. The first oxidation is carried out for typically 5 min, followed by oxide dissolution in a mixture of chromic acid (1.8 wt%) and phosphoric acid (6 wt%) for 120 min at 608C.…”

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“…It is important to develop new tip characterisers with nanostructures to solve the above problems, especially to reduce tip wear and avoid tip damage during its calibration. Porous nanostructures with wellordered pore arrays fabricated by markless lithography are often used as tip characterisers [14,15]. However, the high costs of such tip characterisers limit their use.…”

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Blind reconstruction of atomic force microscopy tip morphology by using porous anodic alumina membrane

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Chen²,

He³

2012

Micro &Amp; Nano Letters

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An atomic force microscopy (AFM) image of a surface is a convolution of the tip geometry and sample features. It is important to develop tip characterisers and estimate the tip shape for a more accurate AFM image. With the traditional characterisers with special microstructures it is difficult to accurately determine tip shape because of their dimensional uncertainty. Combined with tip blind reconstruction algorithms, some nanomaterials with arrayed nanostructures are often used to estimate the AFM tip morphology. However, the blind reconstruction algorithms are sensitive to image noise. To solve such problems, the porous anodic alumina (PAA) film with well-ordered porous nanostructures was fabricated and used as a new tip characteriser. By setting the appropriate scanning routine and scanning mode, the two-dimensional and three-dimensional tip morphology was accurately calculated. PAA film as the AFM tip characteriser can effectively reduce the influence of AFM image noise and sample-dimensional uncertainty of tip blind estimation results, especially avoiding tip wear and damage.

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“…Image analysis has also been extensively used for estimation of pore properties~Hernandez et al, 1997; Masselin et al, 2001;Raimundo et al, 2009;Choudhari et al, 2012a!. SEM image interpretation has a few drawbacks such as the interpretation is usually manual, time consuming, and qualitative~Torras & Garcia-Valls, 2004;Sun et al, 2007!. There are several public domain and commercially available algorithms and image analysis programs, for example, ImageJ-a Java-based program~Sun et al, 2007;Sulka et al, 2010!. However, uncertainty in the manual delineation made by an expert and small sampling of pore measurements Raimundo et al, 2009! along with longer time consumption are some of the limitations of such software that necessitates a systematic, efficient, unbiased, and automated image processing method.…”

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Quantification and Morphology Studies of Nanoporous Alumina Membranes: A New Algorithm for Digital Image Processing

Choudhari

Jidesh

et al. 2013

Microsc Microanal

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A new mathematical algorithm is reported for the accurate and efficient analysis of pore properties of nanoporous anodic alumina (NAA) membranes using scanning electron microscope (SEM) images. NAA membranes of the desired pore size were fabricated using a two-step anodic oxidation process. Surface morphology of the NAA membranes with different pore properties was studied using SEM images along with computerized image processing and analysis. The main objective was to analyze the SEM images of NAA membranes quantitatively, systematically, and quickly. The method uses a regularized shock filter for contrast enhancement, mathematical morphological operators, and a segmentation process for efficient determination of pore properties. The algorithm is executed using MATLAB, which generates a statistical report on the morphology of NAA membrane surfaces and performs accurate quantification of the parameters such as average pore-size distribution, porous area fraction, and average interpore distances. A good comparison between the pore property measurements was obtained using our algorithm and ImageJ software. This algorithm, with little manual intervention, is useful for optimizing the experimental process parameters during the fabrication of such nanostructures. Further, the algorithm is capable of analyzing SEM images of similar or asymmetrically porous nanostructures where sample and background have distinguishable contrast.

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Anodic porous alumina structural characteristics study based on SEM image processing and analysis

Cited by 23 publications

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Microscopy image segmentation tool: Robust image data analysis

Microscopy image segmentation tool: Robust image data analysis

Blind reconstruction of atomic force microscopy tip morphology by using porous anodic alumina membrane

Quantification and Morphology Studies of Nanoporous Alumina Membranes: A New Algorithm for Digital Image Processing

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