A CONE-BEAM COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM FOR TRUE 3D IMAGING OF SPECIMENS

Authors
REIMANN DA HAMES SM FLYNN MJ FYHRIE DP
Citation
Da. Reimann et al., A CONE-BEAM COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM FOR TRUE 3D IMAGING OF SPECIMENS, Applied radiation and isotopes, 48(10-12), 1997, pp. 1433-1436
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Applied radiation and isotopes
ISSN journal
09698043 → ACNP
Volume
48
Issue
10-12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1433 - 1436
Database
ISI
SICI code
0969-8043(1997)48:10-12<1433:ACCSFT>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A system for 3D cone beam computed tomography has been developed, cons isting of a microfocus x-ray source and x-ray image intensifier couple d to a CCD camera. Full width at half maximum resolving power has been experimentally measured to be 70 mu m when imaging 10 mm diameter obj ects. The 3D nature of the resulting image data can be used to visuali ze internal structure and compute parameters such as volume, surface a rea, and surface/volume orientation. Applications in several areas are shown. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.