德国Fraunhofer研究院近年来利用CT计算机断层扫描系统发表了数篇相关文章，详细介绍了CT计算机断层扫描系统以及其在作物表型组学研究中的应用。Fraunhofer研究院开发了便携CT、台式CT以及根系扫描CT。

利用计算断层扫描系统发表的作物表型研究的文章如下：

1.Semiautomated 3D root segmentation and evaluation based on X-ray CT imagery

2.Drought and heat stress tolerance screening in wheat using computed tomography

3.Direct comparison of MRI and X-ray CT technologies for 3D imaging of root systems in soil: potential and challenges for root trait quantification

4.Transfer learning from synthetic data applied to soil–root segmentation in x-ray tomography images

5.Set up from the beginning: The origin and early development of cassava storage roots

6.X-ray driven peanut trait estimation: computer vision aided agri-system transformation

7.X-ray CT phenotyping reveals bi-phasic growth phases of potato tubers exposed to combined abiotic stress

8.Deep learning based root-soil segmentation from X-ray tomography images

9.Advances in the use of X-ray computed tomography in crop phenotyping

10.Quantification of seed performance: non-invasive determination of internal traits using computed tomography