A Preliminary Review of Micro-CT and its Applications
Abstract：Since 1995, Industrial CT has gained a great progress to improve its spatial and temporal resolution[1], the Micro-CT getting large progress in United States, Europe and China; Prof. Chen Weichang et al. develop the research on Micro-CT and its method, they using the high resolution ICT scanner to image rat's organs[2]. Dr. Ge Wang, PhD, Director of the Micro-CT Lab, USA, provides reviews in some journal and Internet web,and cooperate with some university and CT-scanner company, to device micro-CT scanner. There are 5-company in United States and Europe, provide Micro-CT scanner with high resolution(5-50μm ). The resolution of the microscopic diagnosis is about 5-50μm. If the spatial resolution of medical CT can increase to 2～10 micrometer domain, then cells and tissues can be visualized and then the microscopic pathological diagnosis can be made by using the medical micro CT(μCT). μCT and 3D stereological will promote operation technique to a new period. It is obvious that the micro CT will give a great impact on the clinical medicine in the 21 century.
Keywords：Micro CT imagingIndustrial CTresolutionPathological diagnosissmall animal imaging
Publication Date：2002-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 50-52 )