HOW IT WORKS

How does the MARS imaging system manage to get such high-precision 3D images with realistic colours? Where traditional X-ray gives information about the density of an object, colour X-ray gives information about the material composition an X-ray passes through. Therefore, two objects of similar density but different materials are able to be distinguished using colour X-ray, but not traditional X-ray. To make colour images with realistic colours, MBI’s in-house algorithms process the energy information from the X-ray to determine the materials present. They then apply an arbitrary colour to the materials identified, choosing colours that correspond to what you’d expect to see. For example, bone is assigned white.