BioMERA X-ray microCT facility is a walk-in hutch system, unique in the region and capable of imaging samples of large size (cm) to small size (mm) of various geometries and shape.
This X-ray microCT instrument is open to external users from June 2023.
The custom designed X-ray microCT instrument consists of a sealed micro-focus X-ray tube with a focal spot of the size 5 micron and maximum voltage 190kV. The X-ray source produces a cone beam. The detector is flat panel type of field of view 2512 mm x 3008 mm and the voxel size upto 5 micron. The precision sample stage can be used for sample mounting with max. weight 20 kg. The distance between the source and sample manipulator, sample manipulator and detector can be varied in the set-up that is mounted on a vibration free granite table. MicroCT data acquisition on a wide range of material samples ranging for example from life sciences, pharmaceutical industry, cultural heritage, archaeology, food industry, geology, engineering materials, dental restorations and implants, ceramic industry, cement industry, civil engineering, inspection of 3D printed and additively manufactured parts and many other domains (Please contact us for tailored discussion)
An extended data processing pipeline for collecting, storing and reconstructing the raw data, processing for analysis and data visualization has been set up. The HPC Facility of The Cyprus Institute has provided computational and storage capabilities to host and process the data generated, from the microCT system. The processing pipelines are implemented and run on the HPC resource scheduler (Slurm) accessing the available storage systems. The available High-Performance Clusters (HPC), CYCLONE at the CyI is configured for processing of these data pipelines, implementation and optimization. CYCLONE supercomputer (Cy-Tera) with peak/sustained performance ~600 TFlop/s, and 33 nodes available with more than 20 PB as long-term storage available.
Contact persons:
Dr Kirsi Lorentz| Dr Anis Fatima
The Cyprus Institute
Phone: +357 22 397 656/ 590
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BioMERA X-ray microCT system at The Cyprus Institute
MicroCT images acquired at the BioMERA platform
MicroCT images of pharmaceuticals tablet and powder acquired at BioMERA platform
MicroCT images of sandstone rock (pore study) and chalkstone acquired at BioMERA platform
MicroCT images of Gabrro stone (mineral distribution) acquired at BioMERA platform
MicroCT images of Microfossil acquired at BioMERA platform
Non-destructive inspection of Printed Circuit Board (PCB) at BioMERA platform
Reconstructed tomographic slice (occlusal, buccal-lingual, and mesial-distal) and volume image of ancient tooth acquired at BioMERA platform
Ancient human tooth images acquired at BioMERA platform
Ancient human bone images acquired at BioMERA platform
