Chinese scientists build world’s smallest CT scanner, weighing just 6kg

49 points by scmp_news 4 hours ago on reddit | 6 comments

[OP] scmp_news | 4 hours ago

Chinese researchers have developed the world’s smallest CT scanner, a portable device designed to produce images of tiny fossils and archaeological relics.

Built by the Shandong province-based Rayim, the Xtomo-Cube is about the size of a desktop speaker and weighs just 6kg (13.2lbs).

“The device can be held in one hand and is the world’s smallest and lightest CT system, earning it the nickname ‘palm-sized CT scanner’,” Liu Baodong, a senior engineer at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and general manager of Rayim, told the Science and Technology Daily on Monday.

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2Throwscrewsatit | 4 hours ago

What is this? A CT machine for mice?

Unknown-Comic4894 | 2 hours ago

Miniaturized tomography, so hot right now!

theartoffun | an hour ago

We must keep Stuart Little alive at all costs.

But per the article this is for fossils.

Eelroots | an hour ago

Affordability can allow that device to be used for medical purposes too.

Andyseawolf | 4 minutes ago

Oh no now my hamster will be afraid to go to the vet 😬🥳