Figure 4.
Neutron tomography image of 3 year-old roots in 6 cm diameter soil in aluminum (Al) pots embedded in Geumsan/Jinan root field for diagnosing pathology and measuring qualitative water content. (a) Histogram of water content in root. x axis: attenuation value, y axis: count (voxel number): Histogram of high water content (72%) in root, histogram of middle water content (58%) in root, and histogram of low water content (37%) in root. (Camera: Roper Scientific 1340 × 1300, and scintillator: 50 μm). (b) Neutron tomography image on Gumesan field 3-year-old root showing root volume (cm3), qualitative water content, and histogram (x axis: attenuation value, y axis: count = voxel number): Al pots, No. 16, No. 18, and No. 20 (Camera: Roper Scientific 1340 × 1300, and scintillator: 150 μm).