Next-generation hardware advances in CT: cardiac applications

AC Kwan, A Pourmorteza, D Stutman, DA Bluemke… - Radiology, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Impending major hardware advances in cardiac CT include three areas: ultra-high-
resolution (UHR) CT, photon-counting CT, and phase-contrast CT. Cardiac CT is a …

X-ray phase-contrast imaging and metrology through unified modulated pattern analysis

MC Zdora, P Thibault, T Zhou, FJ Koch, J Romell… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
We present a method for x-ray phase-contrast imaging and metrology applications based on
the sample-induced modulation and subsequent computational demodulation of a random …

Localized plastic deformation and hardening in laser shock peened Inconel alloy 718SPF

AS Gill, A Telang, C Ye, SR Mannava, D Qian… - Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Localized plastic deformation and hardening was studied in laser shock peened (LSP)
Inconel 718 SPF (Super plastic forming), a fine grained Ni-Base superalloy, using electron …

Dynamic In Vivo Chest X-ray Dark-Field Imaging in Mice

R Gradl, KS Morgan, M Dierolf, C Jud… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
X-ray grating interferometry is a powerful emerging tool in biomedical imaging, providing
access to three complementary image modalities. In addition to the conventional attenuation …

Grating-based spectral X-ray dark-field imaging for correlation with structural size measures

K Taphorn, F De Marco, J Andrejewski, T Sellerer… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
X-ray dark-field (XDF) imaging accesses information on the small-angle scattering
properties of the sample. With grating interferometry, the measured scattering signal is …

Single-shot x-ray phase-contrast computed tomography with nonmicrofocal laboratory sources

PC Diemoz, CK Hagen, M Endrizzi, M Minuti… - Physical Review …, 2017 - APS
We present a method that enables performing x-ray phase-contrast imaging (XPCI)
computed tomography with a laboratory setup using a single image per projection angle …

Direct quantitative material decomposition employing grating-based X-ray phase-contrast CT

E Braig, J Böhm, M Dierolf, C Jud, B Günther… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Dual-energy CT has opened up a new level of quantitative X-ray imaging for many
diagnostic applications. The energy dependence of the X-ray attenuation is the key to …

Modeling vibrations of a tiled talbot-lau interferometer on a clinical CT

C Schmid, M Viermetz, N Gustschin… - … on Medical Imaging, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
X-ray computed tomography (CT) is an invaluable imaging technique for non-invasive
medical diagnosis. However, for soft tissue in the human body the difference in attenuation …

Improved reconstruction of phase-stepping data for Talbot–Lau x-ray imaging

S Kaeppler, J Rieger, G Pelzer, F Horn… - Journal of Medical …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Grating-based Talbot–Lau x-ray interferometry is a popular method for measuring
absorption, phase shift, and small-angle scattering. The standard acquisition method for this …

Implementation of a Talbot-Lau interferometer in a clinical-like c-arm setup: A feasibility study

F Horn, M Leghissa, S Kaeppler, G Pelzer, J Rieger… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
X-ray grating-based phase-contrast imaging has raised interest regarding a variety of
potential clinical applications, whereas the method is feasible using a medical x-ray tube …