Within the department Biomedical Sciences of the University of Antwerp the Micro CT Scan research group is a core facility for high resolution X-ray microscopy.
The laboratory is situated at the Drie Eiken Campus of the University of Antwerp. The coordinator of the group is Prof. Dr. Nora De Clerck.

The Micro CT Research Group of the University of Antwerp develops medical and biomedical applications for high resolution X-ray microscopy and microtomography.
Other scientists, like paleontologists, material scientists,... are welcome for collaboration.

We have two X-ray micro-CT scan instruments :

• 1. a Skyscan-1072 HIGH RESOLUTION in vitro X-ray microtomograph
• 2. a Skyscan-1076 in vivo X-ray microtomograph.

The MCT group works closely together with other research groups of the University of Antwerp

• Vision Lab
• Bio Imaging Labs
• the Experimental Pathophysiology Research Group
• the recently formed Expert Group Antwerp Molecular Imaging (EGAMI)

An introduction to Micro CT Scanning (pdf file)

An overview of some of our research topics (pdf file)

Selected publications

• Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis in Growing Mice Is Not Prevented by Simultaneous Intermittent PTH Treatment
  (on line publication- 21 oct 2009)
• Correlation of High-Resolution X-Ray Micro-Computed Tomography with Bioluminescence Imaging of Multiple Myeloma Growth in a Xenograft Mouse Model.
  (on line publication - 09 oct 2009)
• Possibilities and limits of X-ray microtomography for in vivo and ex vivo detection of vascular calcifications
  [Int J Cardiovasc Imaging (2009) 25:615-624]
• Follow-up of arterial calcifications in rats with chronic renal failure: a quantitative in vivo and in vitro microtomography analysis (pdf-file)
  POSTER at ECTS, 35th European Symposium on Calcified Tissues (Barcelona 24-28 May 2008)
• Aromatase inhibition increases longitudinal growth and cancellous bone loss in prepubertal female rats (pdf file)
• Poster : High resolution X-ray microtomography analysis of trabecular bone in rats with aromatase deficiency (pdf file)
• Vascular calcifications in rats with chronic renal failure
• Numérisation des restes humains néanderthaliens belges.

Theses

• T. de Schutter : Analyse van trabeculaire botparameters bij aromatase deficiëntie met hoge resolutie X-stralen microtomografie (pdf file)
• E. Vanden Eede : Vroege detectie en longitudinale opvolging van het ontstaan van calcificaties in de aorta van ratten met chronische nierinsufficiëntie (pdf file)

List of publications

Textbook of in vivo Imaging in Vertebrates (July 2007)

Multiple Choice Questions on Microtomography