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 …

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 …

A preclinical Talbot–Lau prototype for x‐ray dark‐field imaging of human‐sized objects

C Hauke, P Bartl, M Leghissa, L Ritschl… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Talbot–Lau x‐ray interferometry provides information about the scattering and
refractive properties of an object—in addition to the object's attenuation features. Until …

Optimization of in vivo murine X-ray dark-field computed tomography

S Umkehrer, L Birnbacher, R Burkhardt… - Review of Scientific …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Grating-based dark-field interferometry can be realized with lab-based, low-brilliance X-ray
sources and provides scattering information of sample structures below the detector pixel …

Robust Sample Information Retrieval in Dark-Field Computed Tomography with a Vibrating Talbot-Lau Interferometer

J Haeusele, C Schmid, M Viermetz… - … on Medical Imaging, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
X-ray computed tomography (CT) is a crucial tool for non-invasive medical diagnosis that
uses differences in materials' attenuation coefficients to generate contrast and provide 3D …

Correction for mechanical inaccuracies in a scanning Talbot-Lau interferometer

W Noichl, F De Marco, K Willer, T Urban… - … on Medical Imaging, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Grating-based X-ray phase-contrast and in particular dark-field radiography are promising
new imaging modalities for medical applications. Currently, the potential advantage of dark …

Design of acquisition schemes and setup geometry for anisotropic X-ray dark-field tomography (AXDT)

Y Sharma, F Schaff, M Wieczorek, F Pfeiffer… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Anisotropic X-ray Dark-field Tomography (AXDT) is a new imaging technique for
reconstructing the three-dimensional scattering profile within a sample using the dark-field …

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 …

On the origin and nature of the grating interferometric dark-field contrast obtained with low-brilliance x-ray sources

T Koenig, M Zuber, B Trimborn, T Farago… - Physics in Medicine …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The x-ray dark-field contrast accessible via grating interferometry is sensitive to features at
length scales well below what is resolvable by a detector system. It is commonly explained …