Routine Superman - Contemporary capabilities and opportunities in X-ray computed tomography, from Rockets to Relics
Professor Ian Sinclair
Professor of Engineering Materials, University of Southampton
Routine Superman - Contemporary capabilities and opportunities in X-ray computed tomography, from Rockets to Relics
The dream of Superman's instant X-ray vision of the undisturbed interior of objects has become a substantial reality across a tremendous range of contemporary science and engineering. In particular, the three-dimensional (3D) imaging of X-ray computed tomography (XCT) has seen the appearance of technologies and hardware for rapid, high-resolution 3D visualisation, with capable commercial equipment that is within the reach of individual universities and companies. This demonstrably offers tremendous opportunities for innovation in quantitative characterisation and morphometry, leading to new knowledge and refinement of insights and understanding in many domains. Whilst taking high-resolution three-dimensional images may now approach the speed and convenience of a taking polaroid photograph, there is a price for scientists and engineers concerned with using the technique, for example the enormous volumes of information that are produced and the extensive analysis required.
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