SKYSCAN MICRO & NANOTOMOGRAPHY

Get Unique Insights into the Interior of Your Samples

Desktop Micro-CT Instruments

The SkyScan desktop series impresses with a maintenance-free, robust design and simple operation. The instruments are equipped with a comprehensive software package for data analysis and visualization, updates are free of charge. These units can optionally be equipped with a sample changer, a module for tension and compression tests as well as a sample temperature control unit.

SkyScan 1272 CMOS

Desktop Micro-CT High-Resolution

Bruker SkyScan 1272 CMOS micro-CT

Energy 20-100 kV, 10 watts, closed tube
Detector sCMOS 16 Mpx, smallest voxel 0.45 µm
Largest image field Ø 75 mm, height 80 mm
Free-field phase contrast extraction according to Paganin

SkyScan 1273

Desktop Micro-CT for Oversized Samples

Bruker SkyScan 1273 Micro-CT

Energy 40-130 kV, 39 W, closed tube
Detector CMOS flat panel 6 Mpx, smallest voxel 3.0 µm
Largest field of view Ø 250 mm, height 250 mm
Largest object Ø 300 mm, height 500 mm

SkyScan 1275

Desktop Micro-CT Automated Scan

SkyScan-1275-micro-CT

Energy 20-100 kV, 10 watts, closed tube
Detector CMOS 3 Mpx, smallest voxel 4.0 μm
Largest field of view Ø 96 mm, height 120 mm

In-Vivo Micro-CT Instruments

SkyScan in-vivo micro-CTs are characterized by the best resolution available on the market, even at a low radiation dose. The instruments are equipped with a complete biomonitor and can be used to analyze bones, vessels, lungs, heart, body fat and tumors in live animal studies. Due to the high resolution of up to 2.8 μm / voxel, the instruments can also be used in the analysis of preparations.

SkyScan 1276-CMOS in vivo

Micro-CT In-Vivo High Resolution & Quick

Bruker SkyScan 1276 CMOS Micro-CT in-vivo

Energy 20-100 kV, 20 watts, closed tube
Detector sCMOS 16 Mpx, smallest voxel 2.8 μm
variable resolution through geometric magnification
Largest image field Ø 75 mm, length 310 mm
Fastest scan 3.9 sec, touchscreen interface

SkyScan 1278 in vivo

Micro-CT In-Vivo Economical

Bruker SkyScan 1278 Micro-CT in-vivo

Energy 20-65 kV, 50 watts, closed tube
Detector CMOS flat panel 3 Mpx, smallest voxel 50 μm
Largest image field Ø 80 mm, length 200 mm
Fastest scan 7.2 sec, touchscreen interface

Nano-CT & X-ray microscopy

In addition to the compact desktop devices, the SkyScan series also features a 3D X-Ray microscope with Nano-CT resolution and optical magnification levels.

SkyScan 2214 CMOS

Multiscale Nano-CT for Highest Resolution & Large Samples

Bruker SkyScan 2214 CMOS Nano-CT

Energy 20-160 kV, 16 watts, open tube, micro/nano focus
Up to four detectors automatically switchable:
sCMOS 15 Mpx for highest magnification
sCMOS 16 Mpx for medium magnification
sCMOS 16 Mpx with large image field
CMOS Flat Panel 6 Mpx for large & dense samples
smallest voxel 60 nm with sCMOS 15 Mpx
Largest image field Ø 140 mm, height 130 mm
Largest object Ø 300 mm, height 400 mm
Free-field phase contrast extraction according to Paganin
Air-bearing stage

With the SkyScan series, Bruker microCT offers high resolution and reliable X-Ray microtomography systems for academia and industry. Your sample's internal structure can be analyzed non-destructively in 3D down to the sub-micron scale.

Software & Biomonitor

SkyScan 3D.SUITE from Bruker
SkyScan-Software

All systems are delivered with the in-house software package 3D.SUITE. The package offers a vast variety of functions and impresses with its user-friendliness.

– Instrument control and data recording

– GPU reconstruction including drift correction

– Reconstruction of standard and spiral scans

– Reconstruction of high-aspect ratio scans

– Phase contrast extraction according to Paganin

– Visualization in 2D, 3D volume rendering

– Morphometric image analysis

– Automation via scripts, batch manager

– Updates free of charge, multiple license included

Monitor for in-vivo scans

Small animals can repetitively be examined during longitudinal studies using SkyScan in-vivo instruments. Bruker microCT has developed a special biomonitoring system, which enables sustainment, monitoring and scan synchronization.

– Animal bed as a closed cassette with gas anesthesia

– including warm air flow and temperature sensor

– Camera and motion monitor

– Biomonitor for lung and heart function (ECG)

– On-screen X-ray dosimeter in real time

– intrinsic movement trigger from x-ray images

– additional sensoric trigger signals

– prospective and retrospective synchronization

– 4D analysis (XYZ+T)

sample stages & autosamplers

Special Sample Stages
SkyScan-Material-Testing-Stage

Stages for mechanical in-situ experiments

Tensile/compression, three models up to 42/220/440 N
High-load compression test, two models up to 2200/4400 N
Force measurement accuracy ±1%
Experimental protocal automated using a script

SkyScan-Cooling-Heating-Stage

Stages for in-situ temperature experiments

Holder equipped with Peltier element
Cooling down to -15 °C, heating up to +80 °C
Temperature control accuracy ± 1 K

Highest possible throughput

A robot tongs grabs the sample holder with the test object and places it on the rotating stage. Data acquisition and sample changes are completely automated, protocols can be stored separately for each sample, and the presence of an operator during analysis is not required.

Depending on the model, up to 16 samples can be installed simultaneously in the carousel. Samples that have already been scanned can be identified by status LED and can be replaced with new samples at any time, even during the ongoing scan.