XRT Limited leads the world in the practical application of laboratory scale X-ray phase-contrast imaging, micro CT and phase-contrast image processing

Products include:  

• PCX, laboratory scale phase-contrast optimised x-ray systems for 2D transmission imaging and 3 Dimensional Micro-CT
  
• X-Tract™ Specialised x-ray image processing software

Why phase contrast?

Phase-contrast is a function of the refractive index of a material and combined with conventional absorption contrast is able to produce extremely high contrast images from a wide range of sample types including those not conventionally suited to x-ray imaging including:

• Materials Sciences: Plastics, composites, metal and polymer foams, ceramics, alloys, paper, packaging.
• Life Sciences: Bone micro-architecture, surgical implants, pharmaceuticals, seeds
• Microelectronics: Semiconductor devices, MEMS, IC packaging
• Earth Sciences: Diamonds, gemstones, pearls, geo-polymers, porosity in sandstone, drill cores
• Food technology: Dairy foams, texture, packaging

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