High resolution micro-CT of low attenuating organic materials using large area photon-counting detector

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-0221/11/02/C02003" target="_blank" >http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-0221/11/02/C02003</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/02/C02003" target="_blank" >10.1088/1748-0221/11/02/C02003</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

High resolution micro-CT of low attenuating organic materials using large area photon-counting detector

Original language description

To overcome certain limitations of contemporary materials used for bone tissue engineering, such as inflammatory response after implantation, a whole new class of materials based on polysaccharide compounds is being developed. Here, nanoparticulate bioactive glass reinforced gelan-gum (GG-BAG) has recently been proposed for the production of bone scaffolds. This material offers promising biocompatibility properties, including bioactivity and biodegradability, with the possibility of producing scaffolds with directly controlled microgeometry. However, to utilize such a scaffold with application-optimized properties, large sets of complex numerical simulations using the real microgeometry of the material have to be carried out during the development process. Because the GG-BAG is a material with intrinsically very low attenuation to X-rays, its radiographical imaging, including tomographical scanning and reconstructions, with resolution required by numerical simulations might be a very challenging task. In this paper, we present a study on X-ray imaging of GG-BAG samples. High-resolution volumetric images of investigated specimens were generated on the basis of micro-CT measurements using a large area flat-panel detector and a large area photon-counting detector. The photon-counting detector was composed of a 10 10 matrix of Timepix edgeless silicon pixelated detectors with tiling based on overlaying rows (i.e. assembled so that no gap is present between individual rows of detectors). We compare the results from both detectors with the scanning electron microscopy on selected slices in transversal plane. It has been shown that the photon counting detector can provide approx. 3 better resolution of the details in low-attenuating materials than the integrating flat panel detectors. We demonstrate that employment of a large area photon counting detector is a good choice for imaging of low attenuating materials with the resolution sufficient for numerical simulations.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AL - Art, architecture, cultural heritage

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/LO1219" target="_blank" >LO1219: Sustainable advanced development of CET</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Instrumentation

ISSN

1748-0221

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000371479800003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84960192983