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The UK X-ray Tomography Roadmap Survey opens 5 October — get notified at launch
UK XCT Roadmap2026 / 27
Phase 1 · Alignment

Our Mission

The UK X-ray Tomography Roadmap provides a strategic framework to map the national landscape across hardware, software, data pipelines, and skills.
It will evaluate the current UK capability, identify growth areas, define future requirements, and highlight key challenges to achieving this.

Volume rendering of a zebrafish head, soft tissue shown translucent with gill structure picked out in red
Fig. 01

Zebrafish head, synchrotron micro-CT · credit tbc

PrimaryUntil 4 Oct 2026

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Secondaryw/c 7 Dec & 14 Dec 2026

Town Halls — London & Manchester

Hear preliminary results and contribute to defining future requirements and challenges. Registration opens with the survey

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What the community images

One technique, hundreds of questions

Micro-CT scan of a fish with each block of musculature labelled in a different colour
Fig. 02 — Segmentation

Segmented musculature, laboratory micro-CT. Manual and machine-assisted labelling of individual muscle blocks.

Skeletal elements isolated from a scan volume and re-rendered side by side for comparison
Fig. 03 — Comparative anatomy

Skeletal elements isolated from a single scan volume and re-rendered for comparison across specimens.

Three pillars, eighteen months

01 - July To Oct 2026

Alignment

Scoping, survey design and consesus across the twelve-member Working Group

02 — Oct to Dec 2026

Engagement

The national survey, regional town halls in London and Manchester, and facility interviews.

03 — Dec 2026 to Spring 2027

Generation

Turning what we heard into an evidenced, actionable roadmap.

The road to Spring 2027

Phase 1 of 714% complete
  1. Alignment
    Now – 4 Oct 2026
    Working Group alignment & survey design
    We are here
  2. Engagement 1
    5 Oct – 13 Nov 2026
    National Survey open to the UK community
  3. Engagement 2
    w/c 7 Dec & 15 Dec
    Regional town halls — London & Manchester
  4. Engagement 3
    Dec 2026 - Jan 2027
    Targeted follow-ups with key XCT facilities
  5. Generation 1
    Jan – Feb 2027
    Roadmap drafting by the Working Group
  6. Generation 2
    March 2027
    International panel review
  7. Publication
    Spring 2027
    Official roadmap release
The Team

A cross-community working group. Your voice.

The roadmap was commissioned as part of the UKRI funded CCPi project (EP/T026677/1). Chaired by Co-I Jay Warnett from the University of Warwick, a cross-community working group was assembled from different disciplines, career stages, facility sizes and geographical spread.

Meet the Working Group →
At a glance
Survey closes
13 Nov 2026
Town halls
2 cities
Working Group
12 members
Roadmap published
Spring 2027