Development of Quantitative X-Ray Microtomography

Abstract

ABSTRACTWe have developed several x-ray microtomography systems which function as quantitative three dimensional x-ray microscopes. In this paper we describe the evolutionary path followed from making the first high resolution experimental microscopes to later generations which can be routinely used for investigating materials. Developing the instrumentation for reliable quantitative x-ray microscopy using synchrotron and laboratory based x-ray sources has led to other imaging modalities for obtaining temporal and spatial two dimensional information.