Infrastructure
Nanowood Ghent University
This extremely versatile multi-resolution X-ray tomography scanner is located at the Laboratory for Wood technology, hence its name. It is equipped with two separate X-ray tubes and two different X-ray detectors to allow for optimal scanning conditions for a very wide range of samples. The open-type Hamamatsu transmission tube is used for very high resolution CT scans, where a resolution of approximately 0.4 micron can be achieved, whereas the closed-type Hamamatsu directional tube head is used for larger samples. On the detector side, an 11 megapixel Photonic Science VHR CCD camera with a ...
CoreTOM Ghent University
The TESCAN CoreTOM is the general purpose system of the UGCT Core Facility, optimized for high quality imaging of a wide range of samples. The scanner is equipped with a 180 kV X-ray tube and a large 2856×2856 pixels flat panel detector allowing for samples to be imaged at a spatial resolution down to 3 micron.
A great range of different sample sizes can be mounted, with up to 1 meter scannable height and a maximum sample weight of 45 kg. 9 motorized axis allow for multi-scale imaging using a global coordinate system integrated in both the acquisition and reconstruction software. ...
HECTOR (HECTOR) Ghent University
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 ...
Medusa Ghent University
The very high resolution scanner Medusa is the re-designed version of the first UGCT sub-micron CT system. Similar to this system and Nanowood, it combines a Photonic Science VHR detector with a large-area Varian flat-panel detector to allow for both low-density objects such as biological tissue, and high-density samples such as geomaterials. Both detectors are mounted on motorized linear stages for easy and fast switching and high accuracy. On this stage, additional space is available for experimental detectors and other tests. The setup also allows for a very long propagation distance of ...
EMCT (EMCT) Ghent University
The Environmental Micro-CT or EMCT system is a rather unique, gantry-based high-resolution setup developed for fast CT scanning and in-situ monitoring at the UGCT Core Facility. The design of a horizontal gantry allows for the installation of a large number of add-on modules such as flow cells, pressure stages, temperature stages, ... in a convenient vertical position without a limitation on tubes and wires. Furthermore, the components are chosen to enable fast and continuous CT scanning at up to 5 full rotations per minute.