Dr Phil Salmon is currently a Biomedical Application Scientist at the micro-CT manufacturer Bruker-microCT (formerly SkyScan), Belgium, responsible for the development and validation of systems and software for micro-CT morphometry, densitometry, model visualization and other biomedical applications. He received his B.Sc. degree at Southampton University, UK, two M.Sc. degrees from Plymouth Polytechnic and St Andrews University, Scotland, UK, and his Ph.D. at Bristol University, UK.
His research career began in the radiobiology and internal microdosimetry of bone, including radiation measurement methodology. The focus then turned in the direction of bone biology and the study of bone remodeling and architecture, with two years of research at the Royal Veterinary College, London in the Bone group of Prof. Lance Lanyon. In his subsequent post at AEA Technology Preclinical Sciences, Harwell, UK, he worked in bone histomorphometry and in vivo preclinical studies, and was responsible for preclinical regulatory osteoporosis drug trials and bone research projects.
In his current role at Bruker-microCT for two decades, he has been directly involved in the practical implementation of the new technology of microCT imaging and 3D analysis in bone and dental biology, as well as in other life science and general research fields. He has played a leading role in the development of the “CT-Analyser” software which is a global standard for 3D quantitative morphometry and micro-densitometry. Dr. Salmon is a member of the application team for user support and training at Bruker-microCT, in biomedical applications, as well as research and product development, both hardware and software. He invented the “post-scan” method for movement correction in micro-tomography which is being applied world-wide in micro-tomographic and synchrotron imaging. Outside of the bone field, he has collaborated with surgeons and pathologists to investigate post-operative microCT imaging in cancer surgery and pathology. He remains active in research and has authored a comprehensive study of the beam hardening-associated context sensitivity of microCT densitometry, as well as host editing a research topic for the journal “Frontiers in Endocrinology / Bone Research” on pattern formation in bone. He makes frequent scientific presentations at international conferences and has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific papers.