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…
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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…