Facility Support: High-Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography Laboratory

EAR-0345710Carlson该项目支持德克萨斯大学高分辨率X射线计算机断层扫描设备(UTCT)的持续运行。UTCT为地学研究人员提供断层成像和分析服务--工业上相当于医疗CAT扫描，但使用更高能量的X射线、更高分辨率的探测器和更长的剂量时间。岩石、化石、陨石和其他材料的内部和外部的三维断层成像可以定性和定量地描述这些物体，为它们的可视化和测量提供了独特的机会。这些成果将继续推动地球科学各个领域的科学进步，包括岩石学、古生物学、构造地质学、水文学、地球物理学、气象学以及经济和石油地质学。UTCT还积极支持生物学、人类学和工程学方面的应用。每年，该设施将支持来自全国各地的数十名研究人员的研究努力，包括来自学术、工业和政府机构的学生和知名科学家。与此同时，UTCT将保持最先进的能力，并继续开发新的手段和方法，以优化和开发CT图像用于科学研究。它将继续发挥研究十字路口的作用，在那里，研究人员在致力于共同解决共同解决方案的不同问题时，促进互动、协作和智力交流。***

EAR-0345710CarlsonThis project supports continued operation of the University of Texas High-Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography Facility (UTCT). UTCT provides geoscience investigators with tomographic imaging and analysis services - the industrial equivalent of medical CAT scanning, but using higher-energy X-rays, higher-resolution detectors, and longer dosage times. Three-dimensional tomographic imagery of the interiors and exteriors of rocks, fossils, meteorites and other materials allows both qualitative and quantitative characterization of these objects, producing unique opportunities for their visualization and measurement. These results will continue to drive scientific advances across the full spectrum of the earth sciences, including petrology, paleontology, structural geology, hydrology, geophysics, meteoritics, and economic and petroleum geology. Applications in biology, anthropology, and engineering are also actively supported by UTCT. Each year the facility will support the research efforts of scores of investigators from across the nation, including both students and established scientists from academic, industrial, and governmental institutions. At the same time, UTCT will maintain state-of-the-art capabilities and continue developing new means and methods to optimize and exploit CT imagery for scientific research. It will carry on in its role as a research crossroads, where interaction, collaboration, and intellectual cross-fertilization are fostered among investigators working on diverse problems that share mutual solutions. ***