Features of ACTIS 5 Architecture

• Supports helical and circular Feldkamp volume CT and single-slice CT
• Rotate Only (3rd Gen)‚ Translate Rotate (2nd Gen)‚ exclusive Large Field-of-View scanning
• Flat Panel‚ Linear Array and Image Intensifier detectors
• Sealed tube‚ continuously-pumped and linear accelerator x-ray sources from 60 kV to
  15 MV 
• From 256² to 4096² reconstruction
• Improved data handling 

ACTIS^TM 5 for Windows^® offers more versatility‚ scalability and reliability than any leading industrial CT system. BIR has merged the best features of its ACTIS system architecture with cutting-edge CT system features to create a new‚ more robust architecture for industrial CT applications. ACTIS CT/DR systems are designed to meet the growing nondestructive testing (NDT) and geometrical dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) needs of a variety of industrial markets including automotive casting and electronics‚ ceramics‚ earth and civil engineering core analysis‚ aerospace components‚ prosthetic and medical devices as well as a wide range of research and development applications. While there is no single system to serve the diverse needs of the industrial CT markets‚ the single control approach of the ACTIS 5 architecture makes it possible to build systems with multiple sources and detectors to serve multiple needs efficiently and effectively. And the Windows XP^® operating system makes it easy to support new hardware‚ data storage and networking functionality.

Specifications

Scan Modes
Feldkamp volume CT: circular‚ helical
Rotate only (3rd gen): single-slice‚ multi-slice
Large field-of-view CT: single-slice‚ multi-slice‚ volume
Digital radiography: 2D projection radiographic images
Real-time radiography: available when area detectors are used

X-ray Sources
Microfocus: sealed and continuously-pumped tubes from 60kV to 225 kV
Standard focus: sealed tubes from 225 kV to 450 kV
High energy: pulsed linear accelerator sources from 1 MV to 15 MV
Multiple source support: supports the integration of multiple sources on a single system to increase imaging capability over a wide range of material types and spatial resolutions

Detectors
Image intensifiers: single-field coupled to analog or digital cameras
Flat panel arrays: amorphous silicon and CMOS
Linear arrays: cadmium tungstate‚ cesium iodide‚ gadolinium oxysulfide types
Multiple detector support: supports the integration of multiple detectors on a single system to match energy levels for improved contrast and spatial resolution

Image Viewing Modes and Functions
2D slice mode: gray scale positive‚ inverted‚ color‚ inverted color
2D DR mode: gray scale positive‚ inverted‚ color‚ inverted color
2D fluoroscopy mode: integrated viewer window provides gray scale near real-time view of sample during rotation and vertical translation
3D MPR mode: multi-planar reconstruction provides synthetic tomograms and surface shaded views at any angle from CT data sets of contiguous slices
ROI graphic generation: line‚ rectangle‚ circle‚ irregular‚ cross position‚ size‚ rotation
Density profile: CT values under line ROI
Pixel value display: continuously
Statistics: mean and Standard Deviation of pixels under ROI
Zoom and pan: mouse controlled
Image arithmetic: averaging‚ subtraction
Image processing: edge enhancement‚ edge detection‚ smoothing‚ noise reduction‚ median‚ erosion‚ dialation and log
Wall thickness: measured on slice data with ROI

Data File Types
Slice image and raw files: Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) compatible
Point cloud: ASCII text
STL files: ASCII text and binary

Data Storage and Communications
Supports CD-ROM‚ DVD-ROM‚ USB-type data storage devices‚ Windows XP^® drag-and-drop file transfer and logical drive structure for easy archiving and data transfer.