Photo of the week: CT Surprise
by Adam Evenden on Dec.20, 2013, under Unpatched Tuesdays
One of our members brought in a CT scan of a Kinder Surprise to show the lab one Tuesday evening, during open house.
Some of those lucky enough to be present this night had the unique chance to see what a CT scan looks like and learn about the process. The picture below provides a glimpse at the detail these machines can capture as well as the difficulties that can be encountered when trying to navigate the UI in the attempt to see around a proverbial and literal corner. The photo described as view from top down is the top view looking at the imaging data. It is a little hard to distinguish what shape it is what as well as where one object starts and another ends. While in the second image a reference object is present in the foreground aiding the ability to distinguish shapes present in the background of the image within the CT scan imaging. This is why I said those who were present were lucky on that Tuesday evening, we were able to learn about and were provided a glimpse into what medical professionals may see and some of the difficulties they encounter when using visualisation technologies to identify and distinguish between objects.
CT Scan. View from top down.
A CT scan of a Kinder Surprise. In the foreground can be seen the Plastic toy. Background can be seen the toy still in the Kinder Egg.
January 18th, 2014 on 4:23 pm
Thanks Adam! Glad you enjoyed my rambling comments about medical imaging. :) I have scanned some more objects and will try to bring the images in to another open house, my goal is to convert those images to .stl files and print what’s inside a kinder egg without opening it! I’m offering the ability to scan anyone’s objects and provide .stl files (or image files), for the cost of the scan, if interested come talk to me at an open house or visit my website at http://www.rasterscan.com/ :)