Optimizing spatial resolution with the mechanical design of an X-ray computed tomography scanner
Abstract
The most important factor limiting spatial resolution in a well-designed CT scanner - the width of the X-ray beam as it passes through the object being examined - is described. The Advanced Computed Tomography Inspection System (ACTIS), a second-generation CT scanner that has a variable geometry to allow a wide variety of objects to be scanned at peak spatial resolution, even with different radiation sources, is described.
- Publication:
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Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation. Vol. 9B
- Pub Date:
- 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990qnde....9..423H
- Keywords:
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- Computer Aided Tomography;
- Optimization;
- Spatial Resolution;
- X Ray Imagery;
- Scanners;
- Structural Design;
- Turbine Blades;
- Variable Geometry Structures;
- Instrumentation and Photography