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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

Editorial Board

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.

Exponent
NXCT
WMG
University of Huddersfield
University of Nottingham

Recommended by

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.

Future Metrology Hub
TESCAN
Waygate
Nikon
Zeiss
Dragonfly

Our Courses

Introduction to X-ray CT for Operators

6-7 November 2024

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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.

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Image Analysis with Dragonfly

11-12 November 2024

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Equip yourself with the tools to analyse your data in Dragonfly - from segmentation to 3D visualisation, including how to calculate a porosity distribution and identify the different phases in your samples.

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Image Analysis and Measurement with VG Studio

13-14 November 2024

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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.

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Practical CT Reconstruction

TBA May 2025

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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.

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Image Analysis with Avizo

TBA May 2025

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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.

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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