The measurement and characterisation of surface topography is crucial to modern manufacturing industry. The control of areal surface structure allows a manufact
Additive manufacturing (AM) is a fast-growing sector with the ability to evoke a revolution in manufacturing due to its almost unlimited design freedom and its
Advances in engineering precision have tracked with technological progress for hundreds of years. Over the last few decades, precision engineering has been the
The function of a component part can be profoundly affected by its surface topography. There are many examples in nature of surfaces that have a well-controlled
X-ray computed tomography has been used for several decades as a tool for measuring the three-dimensional geometry of the internal organs in medicine. However,
