Enhancing the X-ray differential phase contrast image quality with deep learning technique

Y Ge, P Liu, Y Ni, J Chen, J Yang, T Su… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: The purpose of this work is to investigate the feasibility of using deep
convolutional neural network (CNN) to improve the image quality of a grating-based X-ray …

Sampling grating approach for X-ray differential phase contrast imaging

Y Du, X Liu, J Huang, Y Lei, Z Zhao, D Lin, J Guo… - Optics …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Grating-based X-ray differential phase contrast imaging (GDPCI) typically employs the
phase-stepping technique to extract an object's phase information. This method requires …

Evaluation of differential phase contrast cone beam CT imaging system

J Liu, W Cai, R Ning - Journal of X-ray Science and …, 2017 - content.iospress.com
Grating-based differential phase contrast (DPC) imaging enables the use of a hospital-grade
X-ray tube, but compromises the image quality due to insufficiently coherent illumination. In …

Improving radiation dose efficiency of x-ray differential phase contrast imaging using an energy-resolving grating interferometer and a novel rank constraint

Y Ge, R Zhang, K Li, GH Chen - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, a novel method was developed to improve the radiation dose efficiency, viz.,
contrast to noise ratio normalized by dose (CNRD), of the grating-based X-ray differential …

Enhanced phase retrieval via deep concatenation networks for in-line X-ray phase contrast imaging

Y Wu, L Zhang, S Guo, L Zhang, F Gao, M Jia, Z Zhou - Physica Medica, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose In-line X-ray phase contrast imaging offers considerable additional information
beyond that acquired from conventional absorption contrast X-ray imaging, showing …

DeepPhase: learning phase contrast signal from dual energy X-ray absorption images

R Luo, Y Ge, Z Hu, D Liang, ZC Li - Displays, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the high hardware complexity and low dose efficiency of existing X-ray phase
contrast imaging, the biomedical and clinical applications of this novel imaging technique …

Dual-path deep learning reconstruction framework for propagation-based X-ray phase–contrast computed tomography with sparse-view projections

S Han, Y Zhao, F Li, D Ji, Y Li, M Zheng, W Lv, X Xin… - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Propagation-based X-ray phase–contrast computed tomography (PB-PCCT) can serve as
an effective tool for studying organ function and pathologies. However, it usually suffers from …

Model-driven phase retrieval network for single-shot x-ray Talbot–Lau interferometer imaging

P Liu, J Yang, J Chen, T Su, J Guo, H Zheng, D Liang… - Optics Letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The single-shot x-ray Talbot–Lau interferometer-based differential phase contrast (DPC)
imaging is able to accelerate time-consuming data acquisition; however, the extracted …

Mixed scale dense convolutional networks for x-ray phase contrast imaging

K Mom, B Sixou, M Langer - Applied optics, 2022 - opg.optica.org
X-ray in-line phase contrast imaging relies on the measurement of Fresnel diffraction
intensity patterns due to the phase shift and the attenuation induced by the object. The …

Single-shot grating-based X-ray phase contrast imaging via generative adversarial network

Y Xu, S Tao, Y Bian, L Bai, Z Tian, X Hao… - Optics and Lasers in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Talbot-Lau interferometry obtains X-ray differential phase contrast (DPC) signals of object by
subtracting multiple moiré patterns acquired by phase-stepping (PS) procedure. Due to the …