X-ray Microtomography - Typical Use

Typical Use

  • Biomedical
  • Both in vitro and in vivo small animal imaging
  • Human skin samples
  • Bone samples, ranging in size from rodents to human biopsies
  • Lung imaging using respiratory gating
  • Cardiovascular imaging using cardiac gating
  • Tumor imaging (may require contrast agents)
  • Soft tissue imaging
  • Insects
  • Electronics
Small electronic components. E.g. DRAM IC in plastic case.
  • Microdevices
E.g. spray nozzle
  • Composite materials and metallic foams
E.g. composite material with glass fibers 10 to 12 micrometres in diameter
  • Polymers, plastics
E.g. plastic foam
  • Diamonds
E.g. detecting defects in a diamond and finding the best way to cut it.
  • Food and seeds
  • E.g. piece of chocolate cake, cookies
  • 3-D imaging of foods using X-ray microtomography
  • Wood and paper
E.g. piece of wood to visualize year periodicity and cell structure
  • Building materials
E.g. concrete after loading.
  • Geology
  • E.g. sandstone
  • porosity and flow studies
  • Microfossils
E.g. bentonic foraminifers
  • Space
E.g. locating stardust-like particles in aerogel using X-ray techniques
E.g. samples returned from asteroid 25143 Itokawa by the Hayabusa mission
  • Others
E.g. cigarettes
  • Stereo images
Visualizing with blue and green or blue filters to see depth

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