Spatial Structology Relates Structural Properties to Microstructural Geometry and its Measures

Stereology, in a general sense, Defines Practical Ways for Statistically Estimating Geometric Measures

Usually one thinks of stereology as being performed through measuring and counting features within an image using some kind of geometrical construction such as a line, circle or dot pattern. However some physical entity can function as a probe when its scattering can be related to a geometric measure. For example, the pattern of neutron scattering can yield the ratio of grain surface to volume in a metal. My current research explores microwave scattering and its relationship to the geometric properties of fiber structures. These can be bast fibers in a plant or trees in a forest. See the "Electromagnetic Radation and Stereology" tab at left.