X-Ray CT is the most common form of computed tomography (CT), and medical imaging remains the most common application. However, applications for industrial X-Ray CT—a 3D measurement technique that enables nondestructive inspection of an object’s internal and external features—are growing beyond the confines of the nondestructive testing (NDT) space that CT has occupied since the mid-1990s.
Current uses for industrial CT scanning include failure analysis, flaw detection, reverse engineering, and metrology applications. Most notably, CT systems with high-precision, dimensional measurement capabilities have surged in popularity over the past few years.