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Anobiid attack produces a diffuse damage of the elements with a set of tunnels in random directions and sizes, thus confusing quantification. Therefore, a method was developed based on X-ray micro-computed tomography (\u03bc-XCT) to obtain, for naturally infested timber samples, an empirical correlation between lost material percentage (consumed by beetles) and timber apparent density (original, before degradation\u2014OTD and residual, after degradation\u2014RTD). The quantified density loss can then be used in further assessment of the structure. The results of the tests performed showed high correlation between original apparent density and lost material percentage (r2 = 0.60) and between residual apparent density and lost material percentage (r2 = 0.83), which confirms \u03bc-XCT as a valuable tool to the required quantification. The loss of density results can be further applied on the definition of an assessment method for the evaluation of the residual strength of anobiids infested timber, thus contributing to reducing unnecessary replacement. The optimized procedure of the \u03bc-XCT study for infested Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) is presented and discussed in this article.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/buildings11040173","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,18]],"date-time":"2021-04-18T22:15:13Z","timestamp":1618784113000},"page":"173","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Assessment of the Density Loss in Anobiid Infested Pine Using X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6214-3400","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jo\u00e3o","family":"Parracha","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Structures, National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, 1700-066 Lisbon, Portugal"},{"name":"CERIS, Instituto Superior T\u00e9cnico, University of Lisbon, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7932-8062","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Manuel","family":"Pereira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CERENA, Instituto Superior T\u00e9cnico, University of Lisbon, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Ant\u00f3nio","family":"Maur\u00edcio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CERENA, Instituto Superior T\u00e9cnico, University of Lisbon, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0372-949X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paulina","family":"Faria","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CERIS, Instituto Superior T\u00e9cnico, University of Lisbon, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal"},{"name":"School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1141-5047","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel F.","family":"Lima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ISISE, Campus de Azur\u00e9m, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6507-4762","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marina","family":"Ten\u00f3rio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ISISE, Campus de Azur\u00e9m, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6849-3241","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lina","family":"Nunes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Structures, National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, 1700-066 Lisbon, Portugal"},{"name":"cE3c, Azorean Biodiversity Group, University of Azores, 9700-042 Azores, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Parracha, J.L., Pereira, M.F.C., Maur\u00edcio, A., Machado, J.S., Faria, P., and Nunes, L. 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