The diondo d1 excels by providing a fourfold increase in resolution for the same measurement time as other competitive systems. Similarly, it can achieve the same resolution as other systems, but four times faster. This increase in performance is due to the 240kV transmission X-ray tube with an ultimate target power of 80W. This makes it suitable for a range of applications including additive manufacturing, batteries, materials science (including fibre-reinforced composite materials) and metrology.

This X-ray tube design contrasts with conventional reflection tubes where the high power required to penetrate dense/thick samples negatively impacts resolution. By their very design, higher power sources lead to lower resolutions. While this can be combated with longer scan times, that also brings with it obvious disadvantages. As mentioned, the transmission tube used in the diondo d1 architecture does not suffer from these disadvantages.

Usability is further enhanced by the large X-ray detector. This large area detector with tightly spaced pixel grid enables both extremely high-resolution scanning of smaller samples and imaging of larger samples in one scan. This eliminates the need for time-consuming partial scans at the expense of precision.