Digital core image analysis technique is utilized in the core physical study in order to solve the problems such as time-consuming and difficult to reproduce of the core physical properties experiments. Taking the two-dimensional(2D) slices of the core as the training images, a three- dimensional(3D) image is reconstructed by the simulated annealing algorithm. A 2D image sequence of the same series is acquired by Computed Tomography(CT) technique. The pore structures are extracted from these two sets of images. Pore-throat sizes and their distribution are calculated by maximal balls model. By comparing the results with that of the mercury intrusion method experiments, distinctions and reasons between the current digital core analysis technique and traditional core physical properties experiments are analyzed. Results show that the large pores could be depicted in 2D slices and CT images. However, the core physical properties experiments are able to measure the size of micro pores, while the digital core reconstruction method could not due to the limitations of imaging equipments.