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Table 1 Material, treatment, scanner and scanning parameters for each scan performed

From: Non-destructive determination of floral staging in cereals using X-ray micro computed tomography (µCT)

Material

Treatment

Scanner

kV

μA

μm

P

ms

T

Bin

Av/Sk

Type

Arabidopsis bud

N/A

Nanotom

45

180

2.25

1200

250

15

2 × 2

3 × 0

Fast

Arabidopsis inflorescence

1% Lugols solution/5 mM bismuth/water

Nanotom

45

180

2.25

1200

250

15

2 × 2

3 × 0

Fast

Barley spike

5 mM bismuth/water

Nanotom

100

100

3.65

1200

500

24

1 × 1

1/0

Fast

Barley whole plant

N/A

V|tome|x M

60

250

30

2398

200

24

1 × 1

1/0

Fast/multi

  1. kV = X-ray source energy (kV); µA = X-ray source current (µA); P = Number of projection images; ms = detector timing (ms); T = total scan time (mins); Bin = Detector pixel binning; Av/Sk = Number of projection image averaging and skip; Type = Scans were made in FAST mode where the sample is subject to continuous rotation during projection image acquisition
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