Anatomical study of the red flour beetle using synchrotron radiation X‐ray phase‐contrast micro‐tomography

ML Vommaro, S Donato, LK Lo… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Synchrotron X‐ray phase‐contrast microtomography (SR‐PhC micro‐CT) is well
established, fast and non‐destructive imaging technique for data acquisition that is currently …

Advancements towards the implementation of clinical phase-contrast breast computed tomography at Elettra

R Longo, F Arfelli, D Bonazza, U Bottigli… - Journal of synchrotron …, 2019 - scripts.iucr.org
Breast computed tomography (BCT) is an emerging application of X-ray tomography in
radiological practice. A few clinical prototypes are under evaluation in hospitals and new …

Integrating X-ray phase-contrast imaging and histology for comparative evaluation of breast tissue malignancies in virtual histology analysis

S Donato, LM Arana Peña, F Arfelli, L Brombal… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Detecting breast tissue alterations is essential for cancer diagnosis. However, inherent
bidimensionality limits histological procedures' effectiveness in identifying these changes …

Image quality comparison between a phase-contrast synchrotron radiation breast CT and a clinical breast CT: a phantom based study

L Brombal, F Arfelli, P Delogu, S Donato, G Mettivier… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
In this study we compared the image quality of a synchrotron radiation (SR) breast computed
tomography (BCT) system with a clinical BCT in terms of contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) …

Quantitative characterization of breast tissues with dedicated CT imaging

A Piai, A Contillo, F Arfelli, D Bonazza… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
A quantitative characterization of the soft tissues composing the human breast is achieved
by means of a monochromatic CT phase-contrast imaging system, through accurate …

Optimization of pixel size and propagation distance in X-ray phase-contrast virtual histology

S Donato, LMA Peña, D Bonazza… - Journal of …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
X-ray phase-contrast coupled to high-spatial resolution imaging systems provides a high
sensitivity for distinguishing soft tissue structures in small samples, thus being suited for X …

BriXS, a new X-ray inverse Compton source for medical applications

P Cardarelli, A Bacci, R Calandrino, F Canella… - Physica Medica, 2020 - Elsevier
MariX is a research infrastructure conceived for multi-disciplinary studies, based on a cutting-
edge system of combined electron accelerators at the forefront of the world-wide scenario of …

Multiscale X-ray phase-contrast tomography: From breast CT to micro-CT for virtual histology

LMA Peña, S Donato, D Bonazza, L Brombal… - Physica Medica, 2023 - Elsevier
Phase-contrast imaging techniques address the issue of poor soft-tissue contrast
encountered in traditional X-ray imaging. This can be accomplished with the propagation …

High-Resolution Phase-Contrast Tomography on Human Collagenous Tissues: A Comprehensive Review

M Furlani, N Riberti, ML Gatto, A Giuliani - Tomography, 2023 - mdpi.com
Phase-contrast X-ray imaging is becoming increasingly considered since its first
applications, which occurred almost 30 years ago. Particular emphasis was placed on …

Experimental optimization of the energy for breast-CT with synchrotron radiation

P Oliva, V Di Trapani, F Arfelli, L Brombal, S Donato… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Breast Computed Tomography (bCT) is a three-dimensional imaging technique that
is raising interest among radiologists as a viable alternative to mammographic planar …