%0 Journal Article %T Guidance and advice to image analysis applied in materials science %A Szczotok, Agnieszka %J Technical Transactions %V 2016 %R 10.4467/2353737XCT.16.115.5726 %N Mechanics Issue 3-M (10) 2016 %P 15-21 %K metallography, sample preparation, image analysis, microstructure %@ 0011-4561 %D 2016 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/czasopismo-techniczne/article/guidance-and-advice-to-image-analysis-applied-in-materials-science %X The paper summarizes selected examples from quantitative metallography of engineering materials and indicates potential errors which should be avoided. Problems in the areas of sample preparation (cutting, grinding, polishing and etching), microscopic observation, image collection, image processing, quantitative image analysis together with the interpretation of the results were shortly characterized.