CT Scanner Facility Stellenbosch University

05/04/2022

14/02/2022

In celebration of , we decided to perform X-ray CT on a heart-shaped locket. Although the metal heart isn't an alloy of Copper and Tellurium, we still think it's quite CuTe.

if you get it😀

10/08/2021

Take a virtual tour of the Stellenbosch CT scanner facility.

06/07/2021

We are delighted to announce that the 4th Imaging with Radiation conference (IMGRAD-4) will be held this year after delays last year!! The conference will be on 4-5 August 2021. Should you wish to participate, please submit your abstract and/or registration by 15 July 2021 - registration is free.

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to share your work and connect with others in South Africa in the broad area of radiography and tomography of materials and structures.

For more information, please visit https://events.saip.org.za/event/169/

15/04/2021

Did you know: the non-destructive nature of X-ray computed tomography (CT) allows examining delicate samples that can't be easily sectioned, like priceless museum artefacts, unique biological specimens, brittle engineering materials, even such things as frozen ice cream.

Read more about this at:
http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8110
CT Scanner Facility:
http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/science/CAF/units/ctscanner

14/04/2021

X-ray micro-tomographic data of live larvae of the beetle Cacosceles newmannii

Quantifying insect respiratory structures and their variation has remained challenging due to their microscopic size. Here we measure insect tracheal volume using X-ray micro-tomography (µCT) scanning (at 15 µm resolution) on living, sedated larvae of the cerambycid beetle Cacosceles newmannii across a range of body sizes. In this paper we provide the full volumetric data and 3D models for 12 scans, providing novel data on repeatability of imaging analyses and structural tracheal trait differences provided by different image segmentation methods. The volume data is provided here with segmented tracheal regions as 3D models.

23/03/2021

New paper alert - Characterization of Coloured Gemstones by X-ray Micro Computed Tomography
https://mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/2/178

22/02/2021

New paper alert - X-ray tomography on live insects– study provides methodological insights and novel biological data on key issues in rapidly quantifying insect respiratory anatomy on live insects.
using this link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33549568/

20/01/2021

How much impact can a helmet take?

We investigated this by performing two scans, one full-helmet scan and one zoom-scan of the impact area.

↘ Read more: Non-destructive testing of a bike helmet https://blogs.sun.ac.za/ctscanner/non-destructive-testing-of-a-bike-helmet/