Type
Equipment
Acronym
HECTOR
Code
APP/00009
Date of commissioning
01 January 2012 → …
Facility of which infrastructure/equipment is part
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Image processing
- Applied aspects of nuclear physics
- Applied and interdisciplinary physics
- Other physical sciences not elsewhere classified
- Geoarchaeology
- Mineralogy and crystallography
- Petroleum and coal geology
- Atmospheric sciences, challenges and pollution not elsewhere classified
- Natural resource management
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Engineering and technology
- Software and data acquisition
- Destructive and non-destructive testing of materials
- Timber, pulp and paper
- Data visualisation and imaging
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Forestry management and modelling
- Silviculture and agroforestry
- Wood and forest biomass processing
Keywords
Micro-CT
computed tomography
non-invasive imaging
image analysis
processes
tomography
x-ray imaging
Imaging
3D microscopic analysis
Brand Name/manufacturer
Zelfbouw
Other information
Description
The High-Energy CT system Optimized for Research or HECTOR is the workhorse of the UGCT Core Facility. It is equipped with a 240 kV X-ray tube from X-RAY WorX, and has been updated by the installation of a Varex XRD 4343 flat-panel detector with CsI scintillator and a rotation stage able to carry samples up to 100 kg. Mounted on a total of 5 motorized linear stages, and with a source-to-detector distance of up to 2 m, this system covers a very wide range of samples with a best achievable spatial resolution of approximately 3 micron and an image resolution of 2880×2880 pixels. Two additional piezo stages allow for an exact positioning of the sample on the rotation axis.