{"id":297,"date":"2026-09-23T10:37:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vision.projects.unibz.it\/?page_id=297"},"modified":"2026-09-23T19:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T19:36:25","slug":"xct-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vision.projects.unibz.it\/?page_id=297","title":{"rendered":"XCT Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3D X-Ray Computed Tomography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project aims to establish an X-ray Computed Tomography laboratory for industrial applications (XCT-Lab) equipped with both a high-resolution CT scanner for off-line, sample-based inspection and an in-line X-ray tomograph capable of acquiring three-dimensional images directly within production processes. Although the in-line system will operate at lower spatial resolution, it will enable acquisition speeds compatible with industrial manufacturing cycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By deeply integrating <strong>machine vision<\/strong>, numerical simulation and <strong>physics-informed machine learning<\/strong> methods, the project aims at lay the foundations for next-generation CT-based in-line quality control of plastic, steel, and metal alloy components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposed framework is designed to enable automated <strong>defect detection<\/strong> from 3D in-line data and the prediction of their impact on <strong>component performance<\/strong> through combined simulation-driven and data-driven models. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The laboratory will also develop <strong>large-scale benchmarking <\/strong>datasets for industrial CT and promote methodological advances through international scientific challenges and <strong>competitions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">People<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Laboratory Head<\/strong>: Oswald Lanz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Co-Investigator<\/strong>: Franco Concli<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Team<\/strong>: Andrea Cittadini, Vedang Nadkarni, Artem Merinov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Collaborators<\/strong>: Alessandro Torcinovich (ETH Zurich), Alessandro Bombini (INFN Florence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Funding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Program<\/strong>: ERDF 2021-2027<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Priority<\/strong>: 3rd Call, Priority 1 \u201cSMART\u201d, Action 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Duration<\/strong>: 01.01.2026 &#8211; 31.12.2028<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3D X-Ray Computed Tomography The project aims to establish an X-ray Computed Tomography laboratory for industrial applications (XCT-Lab) equipped with both a high-resolution CT scanner for off-line, sample-based inspection and an in-line X-ray tomograph capable of acquiring three-dimensional images directly within production processes. Although the in-line system will operate at lower spatial resolution, it will enable acquisition speeds compatible with industrial manufacturing cycles. Research By deeply integrating machine vision, numerical simulation and physics-informed machine learning methods, the project aims at lay the foundations for next-generation CT-based in-line quality control of plastic, steel, and metal alloy components. The proposed framework is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-297","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vision.projects.unibz.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vision.projects.unibz.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vision.projects.unibz.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vision.projects.unibz.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vision.projects.unibz.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/vision.projects.unibz.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327,"href":"https:\/\/vision.projects.unibz.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297\/revisions\/327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vision.projects.unibz.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}