Volume rendering showing cavitation damage on metallic impellor blades

• Sample diameter: ~300 mm
• Scanner: custom 450 kVp/225 kVp hutch
• Imaging mode: CLARITy (scatter-free imaging)

Sample owner: Dr Nicola Symonds – More information 

Time-resolved volume rendering of a 3D printed showing the volumetric changes of a printed dosage form during consequent exposure in media that simulated exposure to gastrointestinal environment.

• Scanner used: Modified 225 kVp Nikon/Xtek HMX

From Gioumouxouzis, C. I., Katsamenis, O. L., Bouropoulos, N., & Fatouros, D. G. (2017). 3D printed oral solid dosage forms containing hydrochlorothiazide for controlled drug delivery. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 40, 164-171

• Sample: Culicoides sonorensis
• Staining: Phosphotungstic acid (PTA)
• Sample size: aprox.[1.0 x 1.0 x 0.5] mm
• Scanner: ZEISS Xradia 510 Versa 3D X-ray microscope

Sample owner: Dr Pippa Hawes / Dr. Anthony Wilson (The Pirbright Institute; pirbright.ac.uk)

• Sample: Marine engine injector
• Sample size: diameter: 20 mm; length 130 mm
• Scanner: custom 450 kVp/225 kVp hutch

Sample owner: Dr. Nicola Symonds, nC² | Read more about this study here

µCT imaging, segmentation and reconstruction of a mouse embryo at 16 days post fertilisation.

• Scanner: Nikon Med-X prototype

Data processing by David Chatelet, Biomedical Imaging Unit, University of Southampton

• Sample: wall clock
• Sample size: 270 mm (diameter)
• Scanner: custom 450 kVp/225 kVp hutch
• Imaging mode: Flat panel & 225 kV source

Sample owner: μ-VIS

CLARITy imaging mode is a single slice -based scatter-free imaging modality that allows stunning image sharpness and contrast of dense specimens

• Scanner: custom 450 kVp/225 kVp Hutch
• Imaging mode: CLARITy (450kV source + CLDA detector)
• Sample: additive manufactured curved stainless steal pipe with flanges;
• Specimen size: 50 mm diameter

• Sample: Bumblebee
• Resolution: 11.8 μm
• Sample size: aprox. 20mm (length)
• Staining: Non stained
• Scanner: Custom 225 kVp Nikon/Metris HMX ST

Sample owner: Dr. Richard P. Boardman (μ-VIS)

• Sample: planktonic foraminifera (Orbulina universa)
• Sample diameter: 500 μm
• Sample composition: CaCO₃
• Facility: TOMCAT beamline at the SLS at the Paul Scherrer Institute

Sample owner: Dr Thomas H. G. Ezard (University of Southampton)

• Sample: fossilised bone
• Sample size: 2.4m (length)
• Scanner: custom 450 kVp/225 kVp hutch

Sample owner: Dorset County Museum | Read more on BBC and Dorset County Museum websites

• Sample: Bressan Alto Recorder
• Sample diameter: length: 400 mm;  diameter: 20 mm
• Sample composition: wood
• Scanner: Custom 225 kVp; Nikon/Metris HMX ST

Sample owner: Andrew Lamb (Oxford university Bate Collection) | Read more about this project here

• Sample: Railway ballast (core)
• Voxel size: ~ 300 μm
• Sample size: aprox. 300 mm (length) x 400 mm (diameter)
• Scanner: Custom 450/225 kVp Hutch

Sample owner: Dr. Sharif Ahmed