Kondarage, A;
Poologasundarampillai, G;
Nommeots-Nomm, A;
Lee, PD;
Lalitharatne, TD;
Nanayakkara, ND;
Jones, JR;
(2021)
In situ 4D tomography image analysis framework to follow sintering within 3D-printed glass scaffolds.
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
10.1111/jace.18182.
(In press).
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Abstract
We propose a novel image analysis framework to automate analysis of X-ray microtomography images of sintering ceramics and glasses, using open-source toolkits and machine learning. Additive manufacturing (AM) of glasses and ceramics usually requires sintering of green bodies. Sintering causes shrinkage, which presents a challenge for controlling the metrology of the final architecture. Therefore, being able to monitor sintering in 3D over time (termed 4D) is important when developing new porous ceramics or glasses. Synchrotron X-ray tomographic imaging allows in situ, real-time capture of the sintering process at both micro and macro scales using a furnace rig, facilitating 4D quantitative analysis of the process. The proposed image analysis framework is capable of tracking and quantifying the densification of glass or ceramic particles within multiple volumes of interest (VOIs) along with structural changes over time using 4D image data. The framework is demonstrated by 4D quantitative analysis of bioactive glass ICIE16 within a 3D-printed scaffold. Here, densification of glass particles within 3 VOIs were tracked and quantified along with diameter change of struts and interstrut pore size over the 3D image series, delivering new insights on the sintering mechanism of ICIE16 bioactive glass particles in both micro and macro scales
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | In situ 4D tomography image analysis framework to follow sintering within 3D-printed glass scaffolds |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jace.18182 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.18182 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2021 The Authors. Journal of the American Ceramic Society published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Ceramic Society This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Ceramics, Materials Science, bioactive glass, bioceramics, image analysis, sintering, X-ray computed tomography, BIOACTIVE GLASS, CERAMIC PARTS, DEFORMATION, EVOLUTION, BEHAVIOR, POROSITY, REPAIR |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10138691 |
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