BEAMLINE OVERVIEW
XTM beamline is located at Siam Photon Laboratory, Synchrotron Light Research Institute
(Public Organization) Nakhon-Ratchasima. It was installed in 2015 and open to public users later in December 2017. Given by the brightness of synchrotron radiation, XTM beamline offers the high-resolution X-ray tomographic imaging suitable for research purposes that aim for 3D characterization.
Principle of X-ray tomographic imaging
Tomographic X-ray imaging is carried out by taking X-ray projections around a sample for at least 180 degrees. Transmitted X-rays collected in the X-ray projections are magnified and recorded in high-resolution digital images. Then, the whole image dataset will be brought into the mathematical
Applications of X-ray tomography
Given by the fact that SRXTM provides 3D information, the technique is applied in diverse research fields. In medical sciences, SRXTM is used in porosity analysis of bone samples.
It can provides the % pore in tibia and femur, which is useful information in either disease-related study or medicinal study.
However, SRXTM at XTM beamline is suitable to small-sized sample due to limited X-ray energy. Sample with diameter > 5 mm
