{"id":1510,"date":"2024-06-21T15:53:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T19:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/?page_id=1510"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:08:13","slug":"services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/services\/","title":{"rendered":"Equipment and Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"equipment\">\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Scanco \u03bcCT40<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<table border=\"-\" class=\"alignright\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Voltage Range<\/td>\n<td>30 &#8211; 70 kV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sample Size<\/td>\n<td>Up to 35 mm in diameter and 75 mm in height<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Resolution<\/td>\n<td>Up to 6 \u03bcm\/voxel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Filters<\/td>\n<td>Fixed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Examples<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Analyses of bone architecture, bone geometry, and bone density in rodents and biopsy specimens<\/li>\n<li>Bone phenotype in transgenic and knockout mouse models<\/li>\n<li>Bone healing<\/li>\n<li>Bone loss caused by inflammation or tooth movement<\/li>\n<li>Measurements of porosity<\/li>\n<li>Contrast-enhanced imaging of vasculature and cartilage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<section class=\"equipment\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/odbl\/files\/2024\/07\/skelly_vanna_white-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-image-1597 size-medium alignleft\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/files\/2024\/07\/skelly_vanna_white-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/files\/2024\/07\/skelly_vanna_white-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/files\/2024\/07\/skelly_vanna_white-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/files\/2024\/07\/skelly_vanna_white-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/files\/2024\/07\/skelly_vanna_white-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"equipment\">\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"equipment\">\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"equipment\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Zeiss Xradia 520 Versa<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/odbl\/files\/2024\/06\/Xradia-370x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"328\" class=\" wp-image-1523 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/files\/2024\/06\/Xradia-370x300.png 370w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/files\/2024\/06\/Xradia.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<table border=\"-\" class=\"alignright\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Voltage Range<\/td>\n<td>30 &#8211; 160 kV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sample Size<\/td>\n<td>Ideally no larger than 70 mm in diameter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Resolution<\/td>\n<td>Up to 0.7 \u03bcm\/voxel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Filters<\/td>\n<td>12 available; LE1-LE6 and HE1-HE6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Examples<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Materials (solid oxide fuel cells, biomaterials, crystalline solids)<\/li>\n<li>Soft tissue (joints, brain tissue)<\/li>\n<li>Traditional bone scans with resolution to better observe the microstructure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The BU Micro-CT Core Facility provides custom technician-assisted imaging services for users both internal and external to the BU community. Prospective users should fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/imaging-contact\/\">Imaging Contact form<\/a> to get in touch with us.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information can be found in our <a href=\"\/odbl\/files\/2025\/11\/Micro-CT-Core-User-Guidelines.pdf\">Micro-CT Core User Guidelines.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scanco \u03bcCT40 Voltage Range 30 &#8211; 70 kV Sample Size Up to 35 mm in diameter and 75 mm in height Resolution Up to 6 \u03bcm\/voxel Filters Fixed Examples Analyses of bone architecture, bone geometry, and bone density in rodents and biopsy specimens Bone phenotype in transgenic and knockout mouse models Bone healing Bone loss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21064,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21064"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1647,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1510\/revisions\/1647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/odbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}