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Reconstruction of plant microstructure using distance weighted tessellation algorithm optimized by virtual

Wangyu Liu¹, Ling Zhang¹, Jiale Huang²

¹School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510641, People's Republic of China.

Journal of Structural Biology

|August 23, 2019

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A new Optimized Distance Weighted Tessellation (ODWT) algorithm accurately reconstructs plant microstructures. This method enhances predictions of plant tissue mechanical properties, outperforming existing techniques.

Keywords:

Geometry modelling Plant microstructure Reconstruction algorithm Tessellation

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Area of Science:

Plant Biology
Materials Science
Computational Biology

Background:

Accurate plant microstructure reconstruction is crucial for understanding tissue mechanics.
Existing methods like Centroid-based Voronoi Tessellation (CVT) and Area Weighted Tessellation (AWT) have limitations in reconstructing complex cellular structures.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel virtual segmentation technique for optimizing Delaunay triangulation.
To introduce and validate the Optimized Distance Weighted Tessellation (ODWT) algorithm for plant microstructure reconstruction.
To improve the accuracy of numerical studies on plant mechanical properties.

Main Methods:

A virtual segmentation technique was employed to optimize Delaunay triangulation.
The Optimized Distance Weighted Tessellation (ODWT) algorithm was developed based on the optimized triangulation.
Carrot and retting maize vascular bundles were reconstructed using ODWT and compared with CVT and AWT.

Main Results:

ODWT demonstrated superior accuracy and reliability compared to CVT and AWT.
ODWT effectively reconstructed cells with diverse and complex shapes (elongated, concave), unlike CVT and AWT.
ODWT successfully established finite tissue boundaries, a capability lacking in CVT and AWT.
ODWT improved the prediction accuracy of longitudinal tensile modulus in multi-scale models.

Conclusions:

The ODWT algorithm offers a significant advancement in plant microstructure modeling.
ODWT provides a more accurate and reliable method for reconstructing plant tissues, especially those with complex cellular geometries.
This enhanced reconstruction capability facilitates more precise numerical studies on plant mechanical properties.