Micro-Computed Tomography Beamline of the Australian Synchrotron: Micron-Size Spatial Resolution X-ray Imaging
The first new beamline of the BRIGHT project—involving the construction of eight new beamlines at the Australian Synchrotron—is the Micro-Computed Tomography (MCT) beamline. MCT will extend the facility’s capability for higher spatial resolution X-ray-computed tomographic imaging allowing for commen...
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| author | Benedicta D. Arhatari Andrew W. Stevenson Darren Thompson Adam Walsh Tom Fiala Gary Ruben Nader Afshar Sinem Ozbilgen Tingting Feng Stephen Mudie Prithi Tissa |
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| description | The first new beamline of the BRIGHT project—involving the construction of eight new beamlines at the Australian Synchrotron—is the Micro-Computed Tomography (MCT) beamline. MCT will extend the facility’s capability for higher spatial resolution X-ray-computed tomographic imaging allowing for commensurately smaller samples in comparison with the existing Imaging and Medical Beamline (IMBL). The source is a bending-magnet and it is operating in the X-ray energy range from 8 to 40 keV. The beamline provides important new capability for a range of biological and material-science applications. Several imaging modes will be offered such as various X-ray phase-contrast modalities (propagation-based, grating-based, and speckle-based), in addition to conventional absorption contrast. The unique properties of synchrotron radiation sources (high coherence, energy tunability, and high brightness) are predominantly well-suited for producing phase contrast data. An update on the progress of the MCT project in delivering high-spatial-resolution imaging (in the order of micron size) of mm-scale objects will be presented in detail with some imaging results from the hot-commissioning stage. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5b57bdc8afaf415e9071d51dbc695a2f2023-11-16T16:03:41ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172023-01-01133131710.3390/app13031317Micro-Computed Tomography Beamline of the Australian Synchrotron: Micron-Size Spatial Resolution X-ray ImagingBenedicta D. Arhatari0Andrew W. Stevenson1Darren Thompson2Adam Walsh3Tom Fiala4Gary Ruben5Nader Afshar6Sinem Ozbilgen7Tingting Feng8Stephen Mudie9Prithi Tissa10Australian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Clayton, VIC 3168, AustraliaAustralian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Clayton, VIC 3168, AustraliaAustralian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Clayton, VIC 3168, AustraliaAustralian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Clayton, VIC 3168, AustraliaAustralian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Clayton, VIC 3168, AustraliaAustralian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Clayton, VIC 3168, AustraliaAustralian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Clayton, VIC 3168, AustraliaAustralian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Clayton, VIC 3168, AustraliaAustralian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Clayton, VIC 3168, AustraliaAustralian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Clayton, VIC 3168, AustraliaAustralian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Clayton, VIC 3168, AustraliaThe first new beamline of the BRIGHT project—involving the construction of eight new beamlines at the Australian Synchrotron—is the Micro-Computed Tomography (MCT) beamline. MCT will extend the facility’s capability for higher spatial resolution X-ray-computed tomographic imaging allowing for commensurately smaller samples in comparison with the existing Imaging and Medical Beamline (IMBL). The source is a bending-magnet and it is operating in the X-ray energy range from 8 to 40 keV. The beamline provides important new capability for a range of biological and material-science applications. Several imaging modes will be offered such as various X-ray phase-contrast modalities (propagation-based, grating-based, and speckle-based), in addition to conventional absorption contrast. The unique properties of synchrotron radiation sources (high coherence, energy tunability, and high brightness) are predominantly well-suited for producing phase contrast data. An update on the progress of the MCT project in delivering high-spatial-resolution imaging (in the order of micron size) of mm-scale objects will be presented in detail with some imaging results from the hot-commissioning stage.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/3/1317X-ray micro-CTabsorption contrastphase-contrastcomputed tomographysynchrotron |
| spellingShingle | Benedicta D. Arhatari Andrew W. Stevenson Darren Thompson Adam Walsh Tom Fiala Gary Ruben Nader Afshar Sinem Ozbilgen Tingting Feng Stephen Mudie Prithi Tissa Micro-Computed Tomography Beamline of the Australian Synchrotron: Micron-Size Spatial Resolution X-ray Imaging Applied Sciences X-ray micro-CT absorption contrast phase-contrast computed tomography synchrotron |
| title | Micro-Computed Tomography Beamline of the Australian Synchrotron: Micron-Size Spatial Resolution X-ray Imaging |
| title_full | Micro-Computed Tomography Beamline of the Australian Synchrotron: Micron-Size Spatial Resolution X-ray Imaging |
| title_fullStr | Micro-Computed Tomography Beamline of the Australian Synchrotron: Micron-Size Spatial Resolution X-ray Imaging |
| title_full_unstemmed | Micro-Computed Tomography Beamline of the Australian Synchrotron: Micron-Size Spatial Resolution X-ray Imaging |
| title_short | Micro-Computed Tomography Beamline of the Australian Synchrotron: Micron-Size Spatial Resolution X-ray Imaging |
| title_sort | micro computed tomography beamline of the australian synchrotron micron size spatial resolution x ray imaging |
| topic | X-ray micro-CT absorption contrast phase-contrast computed tomography synchrotron |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/3/1317 |
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