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Imaging Centre for Life Sciences School of Anthropology and Conservation Marlowe Building University of Kent Canterbury CT2 7NR
The Imaging Centre for Life Sciences conducts cutting edge scientific research across a broad spectrum of disciplines including palaeonotology, materials science, architecture, forensic science, biomedicine, space science, and archaeology. It also provides imaging services to business partners and other external users.
Located in the School of Anthropology and Conservation at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, the Imaging Centre for Life Sciences houses a microtomography imaging facility with application to teaching, research and business. The Centre is home to a state-of-the-art Diondo d1 X-ray computed tomographic scanner that can quantify materials over a range of spatial resolution from ~5-150 micrometers (see below for precise specifications).
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- CT slice of ammonite
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- Surface model of human cranium
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- CT slice of a broken pot
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- Nile pike vertebra model
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- Gorilla hand volume rendering
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- Bird skull surface model
X-ray computed tomography is a non-destructive imaging technique that allows the visualization of the external and internal structure of objects. Through the creation of a series of radiographs a 3D volume of the scan is created which can then be visualized in order to examine parts of the object that differ in their density (or the degree to which they attenuate X-rays). Applications include but are not limited to anatomy and medicine, bone biology, forensic science, food technology, engineering, electronics, and geosciences.