The short answer is between $200,000 to over $1,000,000. The longer answer, and the reason for the wide price range, is that the price of a micro-CT depends on the types of samples you are scanning and the results you need from the system. This determines the resolution needed
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The tick is considered the most dangerous arthropod in the United States because of its ability to transmit diseases such as Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The most common ticks that vector diseases include the blacklegged tick (or deer tick), brown dog tick, American dog tick, and
X-ray microscopy (micro-CT) is used for the 3D visualization and analysis of arachnids, including ticks, spiders, and mites. Ticks are external parasites that survive by feeding on the blood of mammals, birds, and sometimes reptiles and amphibians. The oldest known tick fossils are from the Cretaceous period, around 100
During the preparation of food products for consumers, factors such as flavor, texture, and shelf-stability are all influenced by the presence of air bubbles. For whipped products, the presence of air softens the mouthfeel of foods and reduces the calories contained in a similar size serving by volume.
X-ray microscopy (micro-CT) is used for the 3D visualization and quantitative analysis of dairy and other food products, allowing for in-situ observation and analysis of food microstructure. Most solid foods, including dairy foods, are microstructured, and many properties of foods that are relevant to process engineering or quality are
Nondestructive inspection plays a key role in helping to investigate sensitive assembled components in 3D, such as our example of an analog pocket watch. Micro-CT scanning has even been used to investigate the internal mechanisms of a corroded, barnacle-covered pocket watch recovered from a 17th century shipwreck. For newly
For newly assembled components as well as archaeological finds, micro-CT allows for non-destructive examination of assembled products in an as-manufactured state. This eliminates the worry of pieces shifting position during disassembly for a visual inspection, and in the case of artifacts that can’t easily be opened, researchers are able
