X-ray Computed Tomography courses
Developed and recommended by experts
Two day courses, delivered face-to-face @ Warwick
Course fees:
£400 academics/internal
£800 industry
Developed and recommended by academic and industry experts, our short courses are aimed at CT data analysts and operators providing essential practical skills and theoretical knowledge in X-ray CT acquisition, reconstruction and analysis. Students will develop their skills in applied and experimental settings, generating and manipulating data, meaning that attendees have to know-how to implement processes in their own labs immediately.
Each course is an individual unit and does not require completion of others, enabling flexible pathways and accessibility to all content. Where there are pre-requisites these are explicitly stated on each course page.
To keep informed on future courses, please sign-up to our mailing list here. If you wish to enquire about a specific course, please contact Jay Warnett
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These members have reviewed and edited course material created by the University of Warwick based on collective experience. Our mission is to upskill the community with agreed best practice, ensuring consistent high-quailty results among personnel.
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CT system manufacturers, software developers and industrial partners have evaluated the course material and practical application to ensure attendees are equipped with the knowledge to best exploit their systems and data with the most current techniques.
Our Courses
Introduction to X-ray CT for Operators
15-16 July 2024
Learn in a practical context how to obtain optimal XCT scans of your objects, independent of the system manufacturer, and understand the impacts of parameter selection on image quality.
Practical CT Reconstruction
17-18 July 2024
Moving from projections to image slices doesn’t have to be a black box. Learn how FDK and iterative reconstruction works and how to implement them with your own data with easy-to-use, accessible open-source software.
Image Analysis with VG Studio
October 2024 (Date TBC)
Where there is a greater dimensional focus on your samples, learn how to use the various mechanisms VG Studio offers to extract this from your scan data and visualise it in 3D.
Image Analysis with Avizo
October 2024 (Date TBC)
Equip yourself with the tools to analyse your data in Avizo - from segmentation to 3D visualisation, including how to calculate a porosity distribution and identify the different phases in your samples.
Measurement with CT Data
October 2024 (Date TBC)
How reliable are dimensional measurements from CT data? Our course evaluates the approaches and
pitfalls in answering this question, providing you with community-agreed best practices for measurement, correction approaches and uncertainty calculation.
About us
The University of Warwick has over 12 years of experience in X-ray CT with five systems on-site from four different manufacturers. We exploit image analysis in a variety of software including Avizo, VG Studio, Dragonfly, Simpleware and ImageJ, depending on what is the most appropriate for the task.
The broad knowledge base is deeply embedded within our courses, highlighting manfacturer/software differences both in exploitation and terminology. We've supported projects across materials development, manufacturing process design, museum digitisation and medical prosthetics to name a few. So understand the challenges you might face across the different stages of X-ray CT.
In addition to courses we provide CT scanning and image analysis services as can be found here. Whether this is a quick one off scan, or a larger investigation requiring experimental design we are keen to help. Academics and SMEs maybe eligible for some free feasibility support through the National Facility. Please contact Jay Warnett or Alex Attridge.
These courses are run under the Research Technology Platforms