Technical aspects of X-ray micro-computed tomography: initial experience of 27-microm resolution using Feldkamp cone-beam reconstruction.
The objective of this study was to introduce the technical utility of micro-computed tomography (CT) with 27-mum resolution by cone-beam CT algorithm. Whole-body micro-CT scans were performed to honeybee. Two- and three-dimensional image analyses were performed by originally developed and available open-source software for acquired images. The original contribution of this work is to describe the technical characteristics of the X-ray micro-CT system, keeping a small experimental insect in a unique condition. Micro-CT may be used as a rapid prototyping tool to research and understand the high-resolution system with Feldkamp cone-beam reconstruction.
Yamamoto
Shuji
S
National Cancer Center, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening.
Suzuki
Masahiro
M
Kohara
Kazushi
K
Iinuma
Gen
G
Moriyama
Noriyuki
N
D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D023421:Models, Animal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*