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