Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization (한국가시화정보학회지)

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Development of X-ray Micro Computed Tomography and Applications

미세 X선 단층촬영 기법의 개발과 적용

  • 김승곤 (포항공과대학교 생체유체연구단) ;
  • 임재홍 (포항방사광가속기연구소(PAL)) ;
  • 김보흠 (포항공과대학교 생체유체연구단) ;
  • 이의재 (포항공과대학교 생체유체연구단) ;
  • 이상준 (포항공과대학교 생체유체연구단)
  • Received : 2010.05.24
  • Accepted : 2010.06.28
  • Published : 2010.06.30
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Abstract

The objective of this study is to elucidate the feasibility of synchrotron X-ray micro CT as a non-destructive imaging method to visualize the three-dimensional morphological structures of biological and non-biological samples. The experiments were conducted in 7B2 X-ray micro CT beamline in Pohang Accelerate Laboratory (PAL). A rotational 3-axis stage was specially designed for $0^{\circ}-180^{\circ}$ scanning of test samples. Preliminary tests were performed for opaque samples including a mosquito head, a plant seed and gas diffusion layer (GDL) of polymer electrolyte fuel cell to verify the feasibility of the X-ray micro CT. It visualized clearly the internal structure of all the test samples, supporting its usefulness.

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