Analysis of the effect of cone-beam geometry and test object configuration on the measurement accuracy of a computed tomography scanner used for dimensional measurement

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Kumar, Jagadeesha ^a   Attridge, Alex ^a   Wood, P K C ^b   Williams, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cone beam simulation; CT metrology; Dimensional metrology

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; GEOMETRY; OBJECT DETECTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCANNING; TESTING; TOMOGRAPHY; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY AND REPEATABILITIES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; CONE BEAM; CT METROLOGIES; DATA ANALYSIS METHODS; DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DIMENSIONAL METROLOGY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79951897601     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/22/3/035105     Document Type: Review

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