High Resolution Digital Photography

Using either white light or ultraviolet illumination, we can image up to 300 feet of core per day in 6-inch sections at resolutions up to 300 dpi. Surface texture details can be revealed in ultra-high resolution up to 5,000 dpi.

Direct, High Resolution Digital Imaging

240 fee at 30 dpi -- low resolution suitable for integration with logs and other data 9 feet at 100 dpi-- medium resolution to reveal surface features 6 inches at 300 dpi -- high resolution to reveal detailed sedimentary features (This is the standard resolution of image acquired over the entire cored interval. The lower resolution images above are generated from these high resolution images.) 0.5 inches at 4300 dpi -- Ultra-high resolution to reveal surface texture (These images are typically acquired whenever thin section or SEM samples are taken.)

Back to top




































Routine Digital Imaging

Core Photography
Standard A4 or 8" x 10" format core photograph. Desktop scanning can typically provide low resolution core images at up to 70 dpi. Color and geometric calibration can be performed using Corepix™ software. UV photographs can also be digitized.

Thin Section
Thin section photographic plates or negatives can be digitized using desktop scanning or through direct digital capture. SEM

SEM
photographic plates can be digitized using desktop scanning or through direct digital capture.

Quick Shot
Low resolution images up to 1260 x 960 pixels are acquired using a handheld camera. A common application is imaging of core samples on arrival at the laboratory and subsequent e-mail transfer of the images to our clients anywhere in the world.

Back to top



































Direct Core Imaging Using the Core Scanning System

The Core Scanning System (CSS) is designed to scan the slabbed surface using either white light or ultraviolet light. The CSS can image up to 400 feet of core per day at resolutions up to 600 dpi. High resolution images are acquired by an advanced colour line scanner camera system. The System is also capable of scanning the 360 degree outside surface of the whole core under white light.

These 360 degree digitally acquired images can be oriented to the borehole acquired images by applying a variable azimuthal rotation about the borehole axis, using well-defined geological features. Features can be picked from the 360 degree core images in the same way as the borehole images.

This allows such features to be oriented from the core images so that structure, fracture orientation and sediment dispersal can be accurately quantified.

Core Lab’s Core Scanning System features:

Back to top