Abstract
Wood is a valuable natural resource, which is becoming increasingly scarce. In orderto conserve this natural resource maximum value must be extracted from wood. The ability to nondestructively acquire information about the structure and microstructure of wood will improve the return from this resource. With computed tomography, two- and three-dimensional images of the internal structure of objects may be obtained without physical sectioning. Imaging wood tomographically makes it possible to gather precise information about density; the size, location and distribution of defects; and the local moisture content. The development of existing tomography scanners will improve the return from sawlogs and will assist in understanding the structure of wood down to the submillimeter scale.
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