X-ray phase contrast imaging: From synchrotrons to conventional sources

A Olivo, E Castelli - La rivista del nuovo cimento, 2014 - Springer
Phase-based approaches can revolutionize X-ray imaging and remove its main limitation:
poor image contrast arising from low attenuation differences. They exploit the unit decrement …

[PDF][PDF] Quantitative evaluation of a single-distance phase-retrieval method applied on in-line phase-contrast images of a mouse lung

S Mohammadi, E Larsson, F Alves… - Journal of …, 2014 - journals.iucr.org
Propagation-based X-ray phase-contrast computed tomography (PBI) has already proven its
potential in a great variety of soft-tissue-related applications including lung imaging …

Real-time measurement of alveolar size and population using phase contrast x-ray imaging

AFT Leong, GA Buckley, DM Paganin… - Biomedical optics …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Herein a propagation-based phase contrast x-ray imaging technique for measuring particle
size and number is presented. This is achieved with an algorithm that utilizes the Fourier …

Intense high repetition rate Mo Kα x-ray source generated from laser solid interaction for imaging application

K Huang, MH Li, WC Yan, X Guo, DZ Li… - Review of Scientific …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We report an efficient Mo Kα x-ray source produced by interaction of femtosecond Ti:
sapphire laser pulses with a solid Molybdenum target working at 1 kHz repetition rate. The …

Characterization of inertial confinement fusion targets using X-ray phase contrast imaging

K Wang, H Lei, J Li, W Lin, X Qi, Y Tang, Y Liu - Optics Communications, 2014 - Elsevier
The X-ray in-line phase contrast imaging system based on the mircofocus X-ray source is
developed for characterizing the inertial confinement fusion (ICF) targets. The influence of …

Feasibility study of propagation-based phase-contrast X-ray lung imaging on the Imaging and Medical beamline at the Australian Synchrotron

RP Murrie, AW Stevenson, KS Morgan… - Journal of …, 2014 - journals.iucr.org
Propagation-based phase-contrast X-ray imaging (PB-PCXI) using synchrotron radiation
has achieved high-resolution imaging of the lungs of small animals both in real time and in …

X-ray microscopy for neuroscience: novel opportunities by coherent optics

T Salditt, T Dučić - Super-Resolution Microscopy Techniques in the …, 2014 - Springer
X-ray microscopy and tomography can provide the three-dimensional density distribution
within cells and tissues without staining and slicing. In addition, chemical information—ie the …

Understanding phase contrast artefacts in micro computed absorption tomography

ELG Wernersson, M Boone, J Van den Bulcke… - SSBA Symposium …, 2014 - biblio.ugent.be
Phase contrast imaging is a technique which captures objects with little or no light
absorption. This is possible due to the wave nature of light, ie, diffraction. In computerised …

A generalized reverse projection method for fan beam geometry under partially coherent illumination

Z Wu, ZL Wang, K Gao, K Zhang, X Ge, DJ Wang… - Radiation Physics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper, a generalized reverse projection (RP) method for grating-based fan beam
phase contrast imaging is presented. Compared to the original RP method, rays rather than …

Phase imaging using polycapillary optics

S Bashir, S Tahir, JC Petruccelli… - Advances in X-Ray …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Contrast in conventional imaging of soft tissues is often limited due to the very similar
attenuation of tissues to be distinguished. Phase contrast techniques can enable …