AdvanCT - Advanced Computed Tomography for Dimensional and Surface Measurements in Industry

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Thomas Blumensath

Professor

Research interests

I develop and study advanced algorithms that can solve challenging inverse problems by efficiently exploiting complex prior information. Using techniques from mathematics, statistics and machine learning, my work concentrates primarily on problems in x-ray tomographic image reconstruction and modelling.
I work closely with state-of-the-art imaging facilities (µ-VIS, the National Research Facility in Lab-based XCT, the UK’s synchrotron facility at the Diamond Light Source, and ISIS neutron imaging beamline) to find practical solutions to a range of important scientific problems from plant science to manufacturing.
My research interests cover areas such as: Theoretical and computational methods for Signal and Image Processing (Machine Learning, Compressed Sensing, Statistical Signal and Image Processing, Quantum Computing, Inverse Problems, Optimisation, X-ray Tomographic Imaging); Advanced tomographic imaging strategies: (limited angle tomography and laminography, Spectral X-ray imaging, Stereo and extreme limited view tomography); Efficient computational methods for tomographic reconstruction, including GPU acceleration, distributed computation and advanced optimisation strategies, Constrained optimisation for ill-conditioned and underdetermined tomographic inverse problems, Applications of X-ray tomography to the inspection of manufactured components, Multimodal tomographic imaging

Connect with Thomas

Email: thomas.blumensath@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor John Mcbride

Professor of Electro-Mechanical Eng

Connect with John

Email: j.w.mcbride@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Institute of Sound and Vibration Research

Our research focuses on improving our understanding of acoustics and vibration, their impact on the community wellbeing, and the quality and performance of engineering products.

Mechatronics

Our research examines the combination of mechanical and electrical engineering and computer science.

Signal Processing Audio and Hearing Group

Our aims are to understand and develop technological innovation in complex signaling and human acoustics.

Research outputs

Effects of fast X-Ray cone-beam tomographic measurement on dimensional metrology

Harry Rossides,

Hossein Towsyfyan,

Ander Biguri,

Hans P Deyhle,

Reuben J Lindroos,

Mark Mavrogordato,

Richard Boardman,

Wenjuan Sun,

& Thomas Blumensath

, 2022 , Metrologia , 59 (044003)

Type: article

Spatial resolution of a laboratory based X-Ray cone-beam laminography scanning system for various trajectories

Hans Deyhle,