Monitoring of time-resolved processes in industrial computed tomography

Today, computed tomography (CT) is a well-known and widely applied technology in the medical and industrial sector. In both areas the recording, monitoring and analysis of dynamic processes like a beating heart on the medical side or, on industrial side, the behaviour of liquid solutions flowing through material like an automotive engine, in real time and high quality is one of the high end goals. The Fraunhofer Development Center X-ray Technology (Fraunhofer EZRT, Fürth, Germany) developed a CT gantry system for the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBI) of the University of Erlangen (Germany). We are going to present the motivation and concept of this system and present first results.