CLARITy imaging mode is a single slice -based scatter-free imaging modality that allows stunning image sharpness and contrast of dense specimens
Scanner: custom 450 kVp/225 kVp Hutch; Imaging mode: CLARITy (450kV source + CLDA detector); Sample: additive manufactured curved stainless steal pipe with flanges; Specimen size: 50 mm diametre
Sample: wall clock; Sample size: 270 mm (diameter); Scanner: custom 450 kVp/225 kVp hutch; Imaging mode: Flat panel & 225 kV source; Sample owner: μ-VIS
Time-resolved volume rendering of a 3D printed showing the volumetric changes of a printed dosage form during consequent exposure in media that simulated exposure to gastrointestinal environment.
Scanner used: Modified 225 kVp Nikon/Xtek HMX
Volume rendering showing cavitation damage on metallic impellor blades
Sample diameter: ~300 mm; Scanner: custom 450 kVp/225 kVp hutch; Imaging mode: CLARITy (scatter-free imaging); Sample owner: Dr Nicola Symonds (nC2 - https://www.southampton.ac.uk/nc2)
µCT imaging, segmentation and reconstruction of a mouse embryo at 16 days post fertilisation.
Scanner: Nikon Med-X prototype; Data processing by David Chatelet, Biomedical Imaging Unit, University of Southampton.
Sample: Marine engine injector; Sample size: diameter: 20 mm; length 130 mm; Scanner: custom 450 kVp/225 kVp hutch; Sample owner: Dr. Nicola Symonds, nC 2 | Read more about this study here
Sample: human lung biopsy; Sample size: ~ 10 x 10 x 5 mm (length); Scanner: custom 450 kVp/225 kVp hutch; Sample owner: Dr Mark Jones | Read more about this project here
Sample: fossilised bone; Sample size: 2.4m (length); Scanner: custom 450 kVp/225 kVp hutch; Sample owner: Dorset County Museum | Read more on BBC and Dorset County Museum websites
Sample: Bressan Alto Recorder; Sample diameter: length: 400 mm; diameter: 20 mm; Sample composition: wood; Scanner: Custom 225 kVp; Nikon/Metris HMX ST; Sample owner: Andrew Lamb (Oxford university Bate Collection) | Read more about this project here
Sample: planktonic foraminifera (Orbulina universa); Sample diameter: 500 μm; Sample composition: CaCO 3 ; Facility: TOMCAT beamline at the SLS at the Paul Scherrer Institute; Sample owner: Dr Thomas H. G. Ezard (University of Southampton)
Sample: Culicoides sonorensis; Staining: Phosphotungstic acid (PTA); Sample size: aprox.[1.0 x 1.0 x 0.5] mm; Scanner: ZEISS Xradia 510 Versa 3D X-ray microscope; Sample owner: Dr Pippa Hawes / Dr. Anthony Wilson (The Pirbright Institute; pirbright.ac.uk )
Sample: Bumblebee; Resolution: 11.8 μm; Sample size: aprox. 20mm (length); Staining: Non stained; Scanner: Custom 225 kVp Nikon/Metris HMX ST; Sample owner: Dr. Richard P. Boardman (μ-VIS)
Sample: Railway ballast (core); Voxel size: ~ 300 μm; Sample size: aprox. 300 mm (length) x 400 mm (diameter); Scanner: Custom 450/225 kVp Hutch; Sample owner: Dr. Sharif Ahmed
also see:
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/muvis/case-studies/rballast.page