Bi Plane X-Ray (Fluoroscopy) System
The system consists of two X-Ray systems with 40 cm Image Intensifiers connected to high speed scientific cameras. It also has the option of using X-Ray flat panels (a digital detector). It is a programmable ceiling suspended system that can be synchronised with Qualisys motion capture, Bertec Floor plates and other lab equipment.
| Make/model | Cardiff University has a custom designed and built Fluoroscopy Laboratory, with capabilities unique in the UK. |
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| Details | Highspeed dynamic biplane X-Ray system capable of up to 125 FPS pulsed and 1000FPS for continuous X-Rays. Can be integrated with motion capture analysis. |
| Facility | Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Research Facility (MSKBRF) |
| School | School of Engineering |
- The X-Ray system uses two epsilon generators (EMG technologies) and two 40cm Thales Image intensifiers.
- These are optically coupled to two Fastcam Mini WX100 (Photron) that are capable of doing 4 MP images up to 1000FPS.
- The X-Ray manipulator has 16 different axes that can be adjusted that allows the X-Ray machine to be positioned into many different set ups.
- The manipulator is programmable allowing the user to recall a previous set up and repeatably recreate it.
- The primary use of this facility is to calculate in-vivo kinematics of different synovial joints to understand changes in pathology, surgical intervention or fundamental biomechanical movement primarily for human based research.
Contact Professor Cathy Holt, email mskbrf@cardiff.ac.uk phone number (0)29 2087 6436.
Approved costs can be provided subject to nature of use.
- The system has dedicated technical support for its use and set up.
- Depending on the research question and activities investigated data collection can take between 1 and 3 hours.
- Prior discussions with relevant technical staff and director need to occur before studies can have the go ahead as the process to setup a study is lengthy and will vary depending on the study.
Get in touch
Professor Cathy Holt
- mskbrf@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 6436
Location
T0.15/T0.16
Trevithick Building
The Parade
Newport Road
CF24 3AA
Trevithick Building
The Parade
Newport Road
CF24 3AA