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HECTOR
Type
Equipment
Acronym
HECTOR
Code
APP/00009
Date of commissioning
01 January 2012 → …
Facility of which infrastructure/equipment is part
Centre for X-ray Tomography
Research disciplines
  • 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
  • Engineering and technology
    • Software and data acquisition
    • Destructive and non-destructive testing of materials
    • Timber, pulp and paper
    • Data visualisation and imaging
  • 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
Funding project(s)
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.