Not all scans are equal: X-ray tomography image quality evaluation

A Du Plessis, M Tshibalanganda… - Materials Today …, 2020 - Elsevier
X-ray microtomography is widely used in materials science and engineering applications for
imaging and analysis of material structure and morphology. For this purpose, and especially …

X-ray microtomography for materials characterization

R Hanke, T Fuchs, M Salamon, S Zabler - Materials characterization using …, 2016 - Elsevier
X-ray computed tomography (CT) has established itself as an important tool in industrial
inspection and material sciences. Outside medical radiology, today X-ray CT is applied to …

Laboratory X-ray tomography for metal additive manufacturing: Round robin test

A Du Plessis, SG le Roux, J Waller, P Sperling… - Additive …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper reports on the results of a round robin test conducted by ten X-ray micro
computed tomography (micro-CT) laboratories with the same three selected titanium alloy …

Standardized X-ray tomography testing of additively manufactured parts: A round robin test

A du Plessis, SG le Roux - Additive Manufacturing, 2018 - Elsevier
Micro computed tomography (microCT) allows non-destructive insights into the quality of
additively manufactured parts and the processes that produce them. MicroCT has been used …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of defects on mechanical properties in metal additive manufacturing: A review focusing on X-ray tomography insights

A Du Plessis, I Yadroitsava, I Yadroitsev - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
X-ray tomography has emerged as a uniquely powerful and non-destructive tool to analyze
defects in additive manufacturing. Defects include unintended porosity, rough surfaces and …

[HTML][HTML] High resolution pore size analysis in metallic powders by X-ray tomography

K Heim, F Bernier, R Pelletier, LP Lefebvre - Case Studies in …, 2016 - Elsevier
The deployment of additive manufacturing processes relies on part quality, specifically the
absence of internal defects. Some of those defects have been associated with porosities in …

[HTML][HTML] Standard method for microCT-based additive manufacturing quality control 4: Metal powder analysis

A Du Plessis, P Sperling, A Beerlink, WB Du Preez… - MethodsX, 2018 - Elsevier
X-ray micro computed tomography (microCT) can be applied to analyse powder feedstock
used in additive manufacturing. In this paper, we demonstrate a dedicated workflow for this …

X-ray computed tomography for metal additive manufacturing: challenges and solutions for accuracy enhancement

F Zanini, E Sbettega, S Carmignato - Procedia Cirp, 2018 - Elsevier
Additively manufactured parts are characterized by metrological challenges and
complexities, due to several reasons, including the inherent presence of internal defects and …

Recent advances in X-ray microtomography applied to materials

SR Stock - International materials reviews, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
This review highlights recent advances in X-ray microcomputed tomography (microCT) as
applied to materials, specifically advances made since the first materials microCT review …

[HTML][HTML] Microcomputed tomography–based characterization of advanced materials: a review

L Vásárhelyi, Z Kónya, Á Kukovecz, R Vajtai - Materials Today Advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Micro-computed tomography (CT) is an X-ray tomography technique with (sub) micron
resolution, typically using an X-ray tube with cone-beam geometry as a source and a …