1. Basic tutorials

• 1.1. Python for tomography scientists as beginners
  • 1.1.1. Installing Python and tools for writing codes
  • 1.1.2. Python ecosystem of libraries
  • 1.1.3. Where/how to start coding
• 1.2. Common data format at synchrotron facilities
  • 1.2.1. Hdf format
  • 1.2.2. Tiff format
• 1.3. Basic components of an X-ray tomography system
  • 1.3.1. How tomography works
  • 1.3.2. Basic components of an X-ray tomography system
    • 1.3.2.1. X-ray source
    • 1.3.2.2. Stage
    • 1.3.2.3. Sample
    • 1.3.2.4. Detector
    • 1.3.2.5. Computing resources
• 1.4. Basic workflow for processing tomographic data
  • 1.4.1. Read/write data
  • 1.4.2. Flat-field correction
  • 1.4.3. Zinger removal
  • 1.4.4. Ring artifact removal
  • 1.4.5. Center-of-rotation determination
  • 1.4.6. Denoising or contrast enhancement
  • 1.4.7. Image reconstruction
  • 1.4.8. Other data processing steps
    • 1.4.8.1. Distortion correction
    • 1.4.8.2. Sinogram stitching for a half-acquisition scan
• 1.5. Parallel processing in Python
• 1.6. Alignment for a parallel-beam tomography system