Synchrotron XRF elemental images up to 100M pixels at 2 micron resolution (see high resolution image on page 4)
Maia x-ray microprobe elemental imaging system
Maia was developed to produce high-definition, quantitative elemental images with microscopic or nanoscopic detail in real-time.
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1 July 2011 | Updated 8 May 2013
Maia x-ray microprobe elemental imaging system
The Maia x-ray microprobe elemental imaging system developed by CSIRO and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in New York is a high-throughput x-ray fluorescence detector system.
Members of the Maia Team. L-R: Robin Kirkham (CSIRO), Chris Ryan (CSIRO), David Paterson (Australian Synchrotron), Gareth Moorhead (CSIRO), Gabriella Carini (Brookhaven National Laboratory) and Peter Siddons (Brookhaven National Laboratory).
This system, when combined with a focused x-ray source such as the Australian Synchrotron’s x-ray fluorescence microprobe (XFM) beamline – is able to produce high-definition, quantitative elemental images with microscopic or nanoscopic detail in real-time.
Maia was developed to meet the challenge to capture spatial detail over four orders of magnitude from the micron scale to the scale of a few centimetres in complex natural and manmade samples encountered in research using the synchrotron in the biological, geological, materials and environmental sciences, medicine and cultural heritage.
'We've been able to marry the complementary technologies from Brookhaven National Laboratory and different parts of CSIRO into a cohesive, well integrated system'
Recently, Maia won a prestigious R&D 100 Award, presented by the US-based R&D Magazine, 'to salute the 100 most technologically significant products from around the world introduced into the marketplace in the past year'.
For more information about Maia's R&D 100 award, please see the media release CSIRO collaboration on ‘world’s top 100’ list.
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