CT Imaging TomoScope® Synergy Series

micro-CT scanner for small animal imaging


 
TomoScope  

Applications

 
 
PET   small animal In-Vivo Imaging

mouse, rat










 

 

 

Features

 
Whole body scan of the mouse



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Whole-body in-vivo sequence scan of a mouse after injection of contrast agent.
  object diameter: 65mm Ø

single scan length: max. 37mm

max. examination length: 150mm

resolution >80 µm


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Detailed information

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Principle:
  • Desktop micro-CT cone-beam scanner
  • Rotating gantry with stationary object
  • One or two source-detector systems
Field of measurement:
  • Diameter: 65 mm
  • Length: 37 mm
  • Max. object length: 150 mm
Scan:
  • 30s Duo: 1 s to 90 s effective scan time
  • 30s/30s+: 2 s to 180 s effective scan time
  • Circle, sequence and spiral acquisition
  • Localizer image
Reconstruction:
  • High speed cone-beam reconstruction < 8 min
    (5123voxels from 720 projections of 10242 pixels, for circle and sequence scans)
  • Floating point precision
  • Arbitrary matrix and voxel size (typ. 40 µm and 5123 or 10243)
  • Various reconstruction filters
  • Cupping correction
  • HU-normalization