Synchrotron Radiation-Based Microtomography: Capabilities and Applications

Elodie BOLLER1, Peter CLOETENS, Wolfgang LUDWIG, Stefania NUZZO, José BARUCHEL

1 ESRF, B.P. 220, 38043 Grenoble, boller@esrf.fr

ABSTRACT

The use of modern synchrotron radiation sources for monochromatic beam microtomography provides several new possibilities. These include, in addition to reduced signal-to-noise ratio and enhanced spatial resolution, the easy set-up of sample environment for in-situ experiments, the quantitative measurements, and the rapidly-evolving field of phase imaging. Selected applications showing the improved capabilities, with special emphasis on industrially relevant topics, are presented as examples.

Keywords: microtomography, synchrotron radiation, in-situ experiments, phase imaging