3D Shaded Surface Display (SSD) of a skull reconstructed from CT scans of the head of a Gervais' Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon europaeus). (Specimen courtesy of New england Aquarium)

CT Scanning Facility: Imaging and Post Processing

Image Reconstruction
  • 125 ms temporal resolution.
  • 30 lp/cm spatial resolution.
  • Scan fields 50 cm & 25 cm (ultra-high resolution collimator).
  • Reconstruction field 5 - 50 cm.
  • Reconstruction time 1.5 images/sec.
  • Matrix 512 x 512 pixels.
  • Hounsfield Units Scale -1024 to +3071 HU.
  • Extended scale -10240 to + 40960 HU.
  • Tube Current Range 28 - 500 mA.
  • Tube Voltage 80120,140 kV.
  • DICOM Format Images.
  • Multiplanar Reformations (MPR).
  • Maximum Intensity Projections (MIP/MinIP).
  • Shaded Surface 3D Reconstructions (SSD).
  • Volume Rendering Technique (VRT).

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