Micro-CT Imaging of Avian Skulls
Figure 1: Images of a Chukar Partridge and a Pheasant 1,2 With nearly 11,000 species of living birds comprising a vast spectrum of…
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Figure 1: Images of a Chukar Partridge and a Pheasant 1,2 With nearly 11,000 species of living birds comprising a vast spectrum of…
Micro-CT’s non-destructive, high resolution 3D imaging makes it one of the most important tools for morphological avian research as well as biomimetic studies.…
Figure 1: 3D Printed Support Structures After Mechanical Load Testing As an accessory to the SkyScan instrumentation suite, Bruker offers several interesting accessories that can further support your…
Mechanical properties and fracture propagation of Longmaxi shale loading under uniaxial compression at different load stages. (a) σ1= 127.32 MPa; (b) σ1=…
Syllis gracilis (a species of marine bioluminescent polychaete worms): false-colour volume rendering of virtually dissected proventricle. The length of the proventricle and the…
Figure 1: Micro-CT volumetric rendering of a triggerfish imaged using the SkyScan 1273 To best match the wide range of sample sizes encountered…
Figure 1: Micro-CT volumetric rendering of a strawberry seed imaged As we move into the height of summer, the season’s new crops begin to…
Microcomputer tomography (microCT) as a tool in Pinus tree breeding: pilot studies Pinus breeding programs yield high numbers of seeds, but a non-destructive…
Picture composition of volume rendering reconstructions of honey bee workers in their daily activities: foraging and sipping nectar on a daisy flower (Aster…
Figure 1: Volumetric rendering of a chemically dried cicada imaged using the SkyScan 1275 The Importance of Sample Preparation With a large emergence of…
Structure of cuttlefish bone in 3D, field of view here is roughly 0.5 mm. This structure is extremely lightweight while maintaining good strength and…
Figure 1: Photograph of 3D printed shark denticles extracted from micro-CT imaging data Biomimicry of Shark Denticles Although it is commonly known that most…
Figure 1: Photograph of beans moving from unroasted, to medium roast, to dark roast Roasting coffee beans causes meaningful changes in their microstructure,…
Enhancing Micro-CT methods to quantify oil content and porosity in starch-gluten matrices Oil and porosity in fried dough were quantified in this study…
Micro-CT image of air bubbles in frozen ice cream showing segmented structure after thresholding and watershed segmentation of the sample. “X-ray micro-tomography to…
Figure 1: Clipped rendering of sandwich cookie with three individual filling layers Utilizing our SkyScan 1275 desktop micro-CT, we were able to quickly…
3D reconstruction of a battery pouch cell in its fresh state (a); 3D reconstruction showing the pouch cell after overcharge-induced thermal runaway (b).…
Figure 1: Volumetric rendering of e-cigarette device E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that heat a special liquid to produce an aerosol that users inhale.…
Figure 1: Volumetric rendering of yeast dough sample Density in bread and other porous foods is difficult to measure accurately, with true, apparent,…
Micro-CT Examination of Sardines Packed in Oil The food processing and manufacturing industry utilizes micro-CT analysis in several ways, from studying the distribution…
Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Virologists and Lung Disease Specialists Commission Bruker´s Micro-CT for some…
Micro-CT imaging is used to assess trabecular and cortical bone morphology, allowing researchers to measure bone microarchitecture without relying on stereologic models. Researchers…
Volumetric analysis of a pharmaceutical tablet core and coating. Credit: Muehlhauser, Brett and DeRoo, Nate, Computed tomography: Applications for evaluating tablets and capsules,”…
Figure 1: Photograph of known (left) and questioned (right) capsules Pharmaceutical counterfeits impact the intellectual property of the originator of the drug but…
X-ray computed tomography characterisation of concrete, taken from a video showing the data processing that can be applied to X-ray computed tomography data…
Figure 1: Clipped 3D Volumetric rendering of concrete sample While the words concrete and cement are often used interchangeably in everyday conversation, concrete…
Surface renderings of a micro-CT image of a filter sheet sample showing the fibres in red and the outline of the calculated sheet…
With the global COVID-19 pandemic and the recent focus on preventing and limiting the spread of respiratory diseases, we chose to focus this…
(Above:) A neuropteran insect (genus Sisyra) showing musculature and general soft tissue morphology. Fixed in Bouin’s fluid and stained with I2E, scanned in…
Micro-CT imaging allows researchers to visualize both the internal and external features of an object without destroying the specimen, which makes this technique…
3D Micro-CT scan of a polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) film used as an excipient for the formulation of active agents in drug delivery systems.…
Micro-CT has been found to be an effective tool for studying and contributing to improvements of consumer hygiene products such as tampons. Tampons…
Polypores are a group of fleshy fungi with pores or tubes underneath. Taxonomically, the polypores are complicated and not completely understood, with an…
3-D reconstructions and visualizations based on micro-CT imagery of a Hericium coralloides basidioma sample. A.Fixed and critical-point dried sample. Three histo-anatomical features can be recognized on the optical image (Pallua et al.2014): basal branch (1), side branches (2), and end branch structures (3). B. 3-D surface rendered image of the micro-CT-dataset processed by a connected component algorithm to ignore irrelevant structure such as small pieces caused by the inherent image noise. C. 3-D surface rendered image of the spatial thickness distribution (0–357mm). Credit: Pallua, Johannes D., et al, Mycologia, 20 Jan 2017.
Micro-CT Imaging of Shark Teeth Figure 1: 3D rendered interior cut view of a shark tooth (top) and megalodon tooth halve (bottom) This…
As Economic Impact Payments released by Congress in response to the current global pandemic begin rolling out across the country, we focused our…
When you are preparing to return to normal operation, there are a few key things to keep in mind to help you make…
Due to the spread of Covid-19, many instruments have been down for prolonged periods and laboratories will require a thorough cleaning prior to…
Figure 1: Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a…
Remote service of instruments from Micro Photonics: We love to talk to our users, and we know that most are still at work,…
How Much Does A Micro-CT Scanner Cost? One of the first questions customers ask us is How much is a micro-CT scanner? The…