Applications of Computed Tomography (CT) in environmental soil and plant sciences

H Zhang, H He, Y Gao, A Mady, V Filipović… - Soil and Tillage …, 2023 - Elsevier
Computed tomography (CT) in combination with advanced image processing can be used to
non-invasively and non-destructively visualize complex interiors of living and non-living …

Architecture of soil microaggregates: Advanced methodologies to explore properties and functions

W Amelung, N Tang, N Siebers… - Journal of Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The functions of soils are intimately linked to their three‐dimensional pore space and the
associated biogeochemical interfaces, mirrored in the complex structure that developed …

How can pore characteristics of soil aggregates from contrasting tillage systems affect their intrinsic permeability and hydraulic conductivity?

TR Ferreira, NL Archilha, FAM Cássaro… - Soil and Tillage …, 2023 - Elsevier
Studies on how the alteration in the soil pore architecture can influence the permeability of
small soil aggregates are still scarce. These aggregates affect the water dynamics mainly at …

A 4D soil-structure interaction model testing apparatus

T Riccio, T Romero, M Previtali… - Geotechnical …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A new three-axis loading frame has been developed to enable real-time visualization of in-
situ soil and rock structure interactions via X-ray tomography during small-scale model …

An analysis of three XCT-based methods to determine the intrinsic permeability of soil aggregates

TR Ferreira, NL Archilha, LF Pires - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays there are many papers dealing with the analysis of the soil porous system
through X-ray computed tomography (XCT). However, a reduced number of studies focus on …

A method of cotton root segmentation based on edge devices

Q Yu, H Tang, L Zhu, W Zhang, L Liu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The root is an important organ for plants to absorb water and nutrients. In situ root research
method is an intuitive method to explore root phenotype and its change dynamics. At …

[HTML][HTML] From micro-to nano-and time-resolved x-ray computed tomography: Bio-based applications, synchrotron capabilities, and data-driven processing

PIC Claro, EPBS Borges, GR Schleder… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
X-ray computed microtomography (μCT) is an innovative and nondestructive versatile
technique that has been used extensively to investigate bio-based systems in multiple …

A method for imaging water transport in soil–snow systems with neutron radiography

M Lombardo, P Lehmann, A Kaestner, A Fees… - Annals of …, 2025 - cambridge.org
Liquid water at the ground–snow interface is thought to play a crucial role in the release of
glide-snow avalanches, which can be massive and threaten infrastructure in alpine regions …

X-Ray computed tomography image processing & segmentation: A case study applying machine learning and deep learning-based strategies

TR Ferreira, FAM Cássaro, H Zhou, LF Pires - X-Ray imaging of the soil …, 2022 - Springer
The output of CT imaging (after reconstruction) of soil samples are grayscale images with a
series of gray values corresponding to soil components with different densities. Most current …

[PDF][PDF] Computed tomographic visualisation and 2D/3D microscopic evaluation of soil macro-and micromorphology.

L Pospíšilová, J Plisková, VAJ Jaques… - Soil & Water …, 2024 - swr.agriculturejournals.cz
Soil organic matter and pores distribution within aggregates were studied using X-ray
computed tomography (XCT; Nikon XT H 225ST and GE Phoenix L240) and advanced …