Digital camera Balor-X

for scientific applicationsdetectionX-ray

Andor Technology (Andor), an Oxford Instruments company and world leader in scientific imaging and spectroscopy solutions, today announced the launch of the new Balor-X, a very large area ultrasensitive sCMOS camera for indirect X-ray and neutron imaging. Boasting a unique combination of 16.9 Megapixel sensor with rapid 54 frames per second full frame, ultra low-noise and high dynamic range, Balor is a versatile tool for high energy physics applications such as hard X-ray / neutron-based tomographic or in situ dynamic phenomena diagnostics. Balor-X’s large field of view enables versatility not only in the analysis of larger samples but also the examination of smaller samples at higher resolutions. Balor-X’s exceptionally fast readout allows up to 1,600 fps with region-of interest, considerably reducing acquisition time of extensive tomographic datasets as well as allowing better sampling of dynamic transient in situ phenomena on the 100’s of µs scale. When minimizing beam line time is paramount, not only does Balor-X acquire data rapidly but it in turn gives researchers greater experimental throughput and the ability to couple imaging with complementary techniques such as X-ray and neutron scattering and diffraction. It also enables researchers to make the most out of high and low X-ray and neutron flux environments, with its low read noise, deep well depth, deep cooling/low dark current performance Balor-X achieves the best signal-to-noise and image contrast.