The data obtained in an X-ray CT scan contains a tremendous amount of information about the object. Extensive data analysis with state-of-the-art software tools allows inCT to extract and quantify the information that is relevant to our customers.

Reliable structural characterization

Porous materials, such as building materials, biomaterials or bread structures, can be analyzed in 3D to extract numerical data about the porosity, such as spatial distribution of porosity, pore size distributions, preferential orientation of the pores and the pore connectivity.

Materials composed of grains such as rock reservoirs and ceramic filters require a different approach. Our 3D analysis allows quantifying the size, shape and orientation of the grains or any other custom structural information that may be relevant to our customers.

The complex cellular structure of foam materials - both organic and metallic - can be characterized in detail by performing an analysis of the size, shape, and orientation of the cells, together with the structural properties of the cell walls.

Direct link to 3D visualization

All the relevant structural parameters are combined in spreadsheet files and documented in detail in our comprehensible reports. One of the advantages of microCT is that numerical analysis results can be linked directly to the 3D images. For example, a 3D image including colour coded pores - labeled based on their size - provides a visual indication of the pore distribution. A local dip in the spatial porosity distribution, for example as a function of the distance to the surface, can be understood better when assessing the 3D dataset visually.