{"id":209490,"date":"2025-03-22T06:11:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T11:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/researchers-capture-first-laser-driven-high-resolution-ct-scans-of-dense-objects"},"modified":"2025-03-22T06:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T11:11:56","slug":"researchers-capture-first-laser-driven-high-resolution-ct-scans-of-dense-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/researchers-capture-first-laser-driven-high-resolution-ct-scans-of-dense-objects","title":{"rendered":"Researchers capture first laser-driven, high-resolution CT scans of dense objects "},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/researchers-capture-first-laser-driven-high-resolution-ct-scans-of-dense-objects2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A research team led by Colorado State University has achieved a new milestone in 3D X-ray imaging technology. The scientists are the first to capture high-resolution CT scans of the interior of a large, dense object\u2014a gas turbine blade\u2014using a compact, laser-driven X-ray source.<\/p>\n<p>The findings, <a href=\"https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/optica\/fulltext.cfm?uri=optica-12-3-433&id=569401\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in <i><i>Optica<\/i>,<\/i> describe the science and engineering behind this new radiographic imaging capability and its potential benefits for a range of industries, from aerospace to additive manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>The project is a years-long collaboration between researchers at CSU\u2019s Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics and Los Alamos National Laboratory, with participation from AWE in the U.K.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A research team led by Colorado State University has achieved a new milestone in 3D X-ray imaging technology. The scientists are the first to capture high-resolution CT scans of the interior of a large, dense object\u2014a gas turbine blade\u2014using a compact, laser-driven X-ray source. The findings, published in Optica, describe the science and engineering behind [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,38,219],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-engineering","category-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}