Coherent methods in the X-ray sciences

KA Nugent - Advances in Physics, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
X-ray sources are developing rapidly and their coherent output is growing correspondingly.
The increased coherent flux from modern X-ray sources is being matched with an …

Potential for imaging engineered tissues with X-ray phase contrast

A Appel, MA Anastasio, EM Brey - Tissue Engineering Part B …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
As the field of tissue engineering advances, it is crucial to develop imaging methods capable
of providing detailed three-dimensional information on tissue structure. X-ray imaging …

Phase retrieval from one single phase contrast x-ray image

X Wu, A Yan - Optics express, 2009 - opg.optica.org
Phase retrieval is required for achieving artifact-free x-ray phase-sensitive 3D imaging. A
phase-retrieval approach based on the phase-attenuation duality with high energy x-rays …

Dose and detectability improvements with high energy phase sensitive x-ray imaging in comparison to low energy conventional imaging

MD Wong, A Yan, M Ghani, Y Li… - Physics in Medicine …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The objective of this study was to demonstrate the potential benefits of using high energy x-
rays for phase sensitive breast imaging through a comparison with conventional …

Phase retrieval‐based phase‐contrast CT for vascular imaging with microbubble contrast agent

R Tang, Y Li, L Qin, F Yan, GY Yang… - Medical Physics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The introduction of microbubble contrast agent into tissues can create significant
phase shifts. Phase retrieval (PR)‐based phase‐contrast computed tomography (PCCT) is …

Image quality and dose efficiency of high energy phase sensitive x-ray imaging: Phantom studies

MD Wong, X Wu, H Liu - Journal of X-ray Science and …, 2014 - content.iospress.com
The goal of this preliminary study was to perform an image quality comparison of high
energy phase sensitive imaging with low energy conventional imaging at similar radiation …

Robustness of phase retrieval methods in x‐ray phase contrast imaging: a comparison

A Yan, X Wu, H Liu - Medical physics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The robustness of the phase retrieval methods is of critical importance for limiting
and reducing radiation doses involved in x‐ray phase contrast imaging. This work is to …

Theory of X-ray phase-contrast imaging

D Pelliccia, MJ Kitchen, KS Morgan - Handbook of X-ray Imaging, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter presents the wave optical formulation of X-ray phase-contrast imaging and the
different ways phase-contrast can be used to generate image contrast with and without …

Performance analysis of the attenuation-partition based iterative phase retrieval algorithm for in-line phase-contrast imaging

A Yan, X Wu, H Liu - Optics express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
The phase retrieval is an important task in x-ray phase contrast imaging. The robustness of
phase retrieval is especially important for potential medical imaging applications such as …

A comparison of phase retrieval methods for propagation-based contrast x-ray imaging with polychromatic sources

RL Lohr, CC Scott, A Pil-Ali… - Medical Imaging 2020 …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Propagation-based phase-contrast X-ray imaging is the earliest developed phase-contrast X-
ray imaging method, however, it requires mathematically intensive algorithms to retrieve …