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HECTOR : a 240kV micro-CT setup optimized for research

Bert Masschaele (UGent) , Manuel Dierick (UGent) , Denis Van Loo (UGent) , Matthieu Boone (UGent) , Loes Brabant (UGent) , Elin Pauwels, Veerle Cnudde (UGent) and Luc Van Hoorebeke (UGent)
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X-ray micro-CT has become a very powerful and common tool for non-destructive three-dimensional (3D) visualization and analysis of objects. Many systems are commercially available, but they are typically limited in terms of operational freedom both from a mechanical point of view as well as for acquisition routines. HECTOR is the latest system developed by the Ghent University Centre for X-ray Tomography (http://www.ugct.ugent.be) in collaboration with X-Ray Engineering (XRE bvba, Ghent, Belgium). It consists of a mechanical setup with nine motorized axes and a modular acquisition software package and combines a microfocus directional target X-ray source up to 240 kV with a large flat-panel detector. Provisions are made to install a line-detector for a maximal operational range. The system can accommodate samples up to 80 kg, 1 m long and 80 cm in diameter while it is also suited for high resolution (down to 4 μm) tomography. The bi-directional detector tiling is suited for large samples while the variable source-detector distance optimizes the signal to noise ratio (SNR) for every type of sample, even with peripheral equipment such as compression stages or climate chambers. The large vertical travel of 1 m can be used for helical scanning and a vertical detector rotation axis allows laminography experiments. The setup is installed in a large concrete bunker to allow accommodation of peripheral equipment such as pumps, chillers, etc., which can be integrated in the modular acquisition software to obtain a maximal correlation between the environmental control and the CT data taken. The acquisition software does not only allow good coupling with the peripheral equipment but its scripting feature is also particularly interesting for testing new and exotic acquisition routines.

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Masschaele, Bert, et al. “HECTOR : A 240kV Micro-CT Setup Optimized for Research.” Journal of Physics Conference Series, vol. 463, IOP, 2013, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/463/1/012012.
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Masschaele, B., Dierick, M., Van Loo, D., Boone, M., Brabant, L., Pauwels, E., … Van Hoorebeke, L. (2013). HECTOR : a 240kV micro-CT setup optimized for research. Journal of Physics Conference Series, 463. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/463/1/012012
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Masschaele, Bert, Manuel Dierick, Denis Van Loo, Matthieu Boone, Loes Brabant, Elin Pauwels, Veerle Cnudde, and Luc Van Hoorebeke. 2013. “HECTOR : A 240kV Micro-CT Setup Optimized for Research.” In Journal of Physics Conference Series. Vol. 463. Bristol, UK: IOP. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/463/1/012012.
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Masschaele, Bert, Manuel Dierick, Denis Van Loo, Matthieu Boone, Loes Brabant, Elin Pauwels, Veerle Cnudde, and Luc Van Hoorebeke. 2013. “HECTOR : A 240kV Micro-CT Setup Optimized for Research.” In Journal of Physics Conference Series. Vol. 463. Bristol, UK: IOP. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/463/1/012012.
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Masschaele B, Dierick M, Van Loo D, Boone M, Brabant L, Pauwels E, et al. HECTOR : a 240kV micro-CT setup optimized for research. In: Journal of Physics Conference Series. Bristol, UK: IOP; 2013.
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B. Masschaele et al., “HECTOR : a 240kV micro-CT setup optimized for research,” in Journal of Physics Conference Series, Shanghai, PR China, 2013, vol. 463.
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