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2013
UVX2012 - 11e Colloque sur les Sources Cohérentes et Incohérentes UV, VUV et X ; Applications et Développements Récents
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Numéro d'article | 01001 | |
Nombre de pages | 7 | |
Section | Présentations invitées | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/uvx/201301001 | |
Publié en ligne | 9 avril 2013 |
Imaging methodologies in natural sciences: The AST-RX Platform (Accès Scientifique à la Tomographie à Rayons X) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris
1 UMS 2700 Outils et Méthodes de la Systématique Intégrative, département Systématique et Evolution, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, BP. 51, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
2 UMR-CNRS 7207 CR2P, Département Histoire de la Terre, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, BP. 51, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
3 UMR-CNRS 7194, Département de Préhistoire, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, BP. 51, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) scanning is a powerful imaging process for the digitization, exploration and 3D modeling of objects in the natural sciences. It allows for the observation of the internal structures of any type of sample (mineral, fossil, extant) on a sub-micron scale. The finest structures can be selected and extracted as virtual 3D models, and quantified in a repetitive way. These CT-scanned models have applications for the preventive conservation of rare and fragile specimens. The Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France, recently acquired a high-resolution CT scan, a v|tome|x L240-180 from GE Sensing and Inspection Technologies phoenix|x-ray, with unique performance capabilities and applications for the natural science field. Indeed, the two x-ray microfocus and nanofocus sources, coupled with a large-size detector, allow for the imaging of samples with extremely variable sizes and densities. Here we present the new MNHN CT scanning Platform “AST-RX” and some results of several projects developed using it.
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