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The High-Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography Facility at The University of Texas at Austin (UTCT) is a national shared multi-user facility supported by the Instrumentation and Facilities Program of NSF's Earth Sciences (EAR) directorate. UTCT offers scientific researchers across the earth, biological and engineering sciences access to a completely nondestructive technique for visualizing features in the interior of opaque solid objects, and for obtaining digital information on their 3D geometries and properties.

Interested in scanning materials at our facility? See the Scanning FAQ or download the Scan Agreement Form.

Examples of High-Resolution X-ray CT

Garnet-kyanite schist, pseudocolored 3D reconstructions from CT scans.

Variation in bone density in the skull of the Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops

The skull of Rooneyia viejaensis, among the most complete and best preserved primate skulls ever discovered in North America

An asphalt sample and antiphonal: Psalterium, An[t]iphonarium Sanctorale cum Psalmis & Hymnis, printed in Mexico in 1584.

Thank you, National Science Foundation!

UTCT has been awarded another round of NSF Multi-User Facility support by the Earth Sciences Directorate (EAR). This grant will help us continue to extend priority service to the NSF-funded community into 2015.

XRadia MicroXCT sample imagery

In 2008 UTCT expanded our imaging capabilities with the acquisition of an Xradia MicroXCT scanner. This scanner is capable of sub-micron resolution, thus effectively covering the smaller specimen size ranges (<1 cm) previously beyond our capabilities. Click here for sample imagery.

Selected Recent Publications

Berg, C.A., Carlson, W.D., and Connelly, J.N. (2013) Strain rates at high temporal resolution from curved inclusion trails in garnet, Passo del Sole, Central Swisse Alps. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 31, 243-262.

Boyd, C., Drumheller, S.K., and Gates, T.A. (2013) Crocodyliform feeding traces on juvenile ornithischian dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Kaiparowits Formation, Utah. PLoS ONE, 8(2), e57605.

Sukop, M.C., Huang, H., Alvarez, P.F., Variano, E.A., and Cunningham, K.J. (2013) Evaluation of permeability and non-Darcy flow in vuggy macroporous limestone aquifer samples with lattice Boltzmann methods. Water Resources Research, 49, 1-15.

Racicot, R.A., and Berta, A. (2013) Comparative morphology of porpoise (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) pterygoid sinuses: phylogenetic and functional implications. Journal of Morphology, 274, 49-62.

Andrä, H., Combaret, N., Dvorkin, J., Glatt, E., Han, J., Kabel, M., Keehm, Y., Krzikalla, F., Lee, M., Madonna, C., Marsh, M., Mukerji, T., Saenger, E.H., Sain, R., Saxena, N., Ricker, S., Wiegmann, A., and Zhan, X. (2013) Digital rock physics benchmarks -- Part I: imaging and segmentation. Computers & Geosciences, 50, 25-32.