DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3675370
title: Dynamic 3D X-ray micro-CT data of a tablet dissolution in a water-based gel with dynamic changes in the scanning geometry

description: <strong>Summary</strong> This submission contains a dynamic tomographic X-ray data of a tablet dissolving in a water-based gel. The data is collected over a 5-minute period during which the sample is rotated rapidly as effervescent bubbles are formed and travelling to the surface of the gel. This is the second experiment detailed in Case Study 3 in [Coban 2020], and this submission can be treated as a follow up to [Coban&Lucka 2019]. <strong>Apparatus</strong> The dataset is acquired using the custom-built and highly flexible CT scanner, FleX-ray Laboratory, developed by TESCAN-XRE, located at CWI in Amsterdam. This apparatus consists of a cone-beam microfocus X-ray point source that projects polychromatic X-rays onto a 1944-by-1536 pixels, 14-bit, flat detector panel. Full details can be found in [Coban 2020]. <strong>Sample Information</strong> The setup consists of a store-bought denture cleaning tablet, placed at the bottom of a clear cylindrical plastic container. These tablets are typically designed to be fast-dissolving, and produce small and compact channels of bubbles. We use a denture cleaning tablet in particular as the dissolution time in water varies from 3 to 5 minutes, meaning the bubbles are produced at a slower rate. In addition, we use a store-bought water-based gel instead of water to slow down the bubble displacement during the experiment. <strong>Experimental Plan</strong> This experiment is performed such that 150 projections are collected over 360 degrees, for a total of 166 rotations, with exposure time 12 ms for each projection. This means that in total the submission contains 25000 projections. This experiment took 5 minutes of acquisition time, during which we (at user's command) zoom in onto the bottom of the sample holder (i.e. where the tablet rests). We later (again, at user's command) shift the view (i.e. the tube and the detector) upwards to the top of the sample to observe foaming on the surface. Finally, before the end of the 5-minute acquisition period, we zoom out to the original magnification. Every time the geometry undergoes a major change such as zooming in (which would affect the reconstruction), the system creates a new data settings file with the new geometrical information, appended by the projection number, therefore marking the change. However, since there is no major change created by the vertical shift of the tube and detector (as in no change in geometry that would affect the reconstructed images), there is no new data settings file for this event. The spatial resolution for this data is 193μm at the beginning (or end) of the experiment, which at an arbitrary point changes to 76μm. For a smooth data transfer, each projection image is binned down to the size of 486px-by-384px. No centrifugal force effect was observed on the bubbles travelling during the scan or in our test runs at the given rotational speed. All raw data (i.e. with no corrections) is made available in .tif format. <strong>List of Contents</strong> The contents of the submission is given below. <strong>scan_1</strong>: A 5-minute dynamic CT data folder containing dark-field (or closed-shutter) image, <em>di000000.tif,</em> pre flat-field (or open-shutter before acquisition) image, <em>io000000.tif</em>, post flat-field (or open-shutter after acquisition) image, <em>io000001.tif</em>, raw (unprocessed or uncorrected) projections, <em>scan_*.tif</em> (25000 projections in total), <em>data settings XRE.txt</em>, a text file with scanner metadata (this is the final geometry info file), <em>data settings XRE_5220.txt</em> (geometry info recorded after the zoom-in) <em>data settings XRE__22610.txt</em> (geometry info recorded after the zoom-out, same as <em>data settings XRE.txt</em>) <strong>Additional Links</strong> These datasets are produced by the Computational Imaging group at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CI-CWI). For any relevant Python/MATLAB scripts for the FleX-ray datasets, we refer the reader to our group's GitHub page. <strong>Contact Details</strong> For more information or guidance in using these dataset, please get in touch with s.b.coban [at] cwi.nl <strong>Acknowledgments</strong> We thank Dr. Samuel McDonald and Prof. Philip Withers for the useful discussion, and Dr. Manuel Dierick for his advice in making this experiment possible.
description: The authors would like to acknowledge the funding from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), project number 639.073.506.
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