Initial characterization of dark-field CT on a clinical gantry

M Viermetz, N Gustschin, C Schmid… - … on Medical Imaging, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
X-ray computed tomography (CT) is an important non-destructive imaging technique,
particularly in clinical diagnostics. Even with the latest innovations like dual-energy and …

Dark-field computed tomography reaches the human scale

M Viermetz, N Gustschin, C Schmid… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
X-ray computed tomography (CT) is one of the most commonly used three-dimensional
medical imaging modalities today. It has been refined over several decades, with the most …

Technical design considerations of a human-scale Talbot-Lau interferometer for dark-field CT

M Viermetz, N Gustschin, C Schmid… - … on Medical Imaging, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Computed tomography (CT) as an important clinical diagnostics method can profit from
extension with dark-field imaging, as it is currently restricted to X-rays' attenuation contrast …

[HTML][HTML] Non-iterative directional dark-field tomography

F Schaff, F Prade, Y Sharma, M Bech, F Pfeiffer - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Dark-field imaging is a scattering-based X-ray imaging method that can be performed with
laboratory X-ray tubes. The possibility to obtain information about unresolvable structures …

Edge-illumination x-ray dark-field tomography

A Doherty, S Savvidis, C Navarrete-León, MFM Gerli… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
Dark-field imaging is an x-ray technique used to highlight subpixel, typically micrometer-
scale, density fluctuations. It is often used alongside standard attenuation-based and also …

Quantitative x-ray dark-field computed tomography

M Bech, O Bunk, T Donath, R Feidenhans… - Physics in Medicine …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The basic principles of x-ray image formation in radiology have remained essentially
unchanged since Röntgen first discovered x-rays over a hundred years ago. The …

Reconstruction of scalar and vectorial components in X-ray dark-field tomography

FL Bayer, S Hu, A Maier, T Weber… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Grating-based X-ray dark-field imaging is a novel technique for obtaining image contrast for
object structures at size scales below setup resolution. Such an approach appears …

Exploration of different x-ray Talbot–Lau setups for dark-field lung imaging examined in a porcine lung

V Ludwig, M Seifert, C Hauke, K Hellbach… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
X-ray dark-field imaging is a promising technique for lung diagnosis. Due to the alveolar
structure of lung tissue, a higher contrast is obtained by the dark-field image compared to the …

Correction for X-ray scatter and detector crosstalk in dark-field radiography

T Urban, W Noichl, KJ Engel… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dark-field radiography, a new X-ray imaging method, has recently been applied to human
chest imaging for the first time. It employs conventional X-ray devices in combination with a …

Review and experimental verification of x-ray dark-field signal interpretations with respect to quantitative isotropic and anisotropic dark-field computed tomography

J Graetz, A Balles, R Hanke… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Talbot (-Lau) interferometric x-ray and neutron dark-field imaging has, over the past
decade, gained substantial interest for its ability to provide insights into a sample's …