X-ray phase-contrast imaging: from pre-clinical applications towards clinics

A Bravin, P Coan, P Suortti - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Phase-contrast x-ray imaging (PCI) is an innovative method that is sensitive to the refraction
of the x-rays in matter. PCI is particularly adapted to visualize weakly absorbing details like …

Imaging in the optically dense regions of a spray: A review of developing techniques

M Linne - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Since the year 2000, a number of very different techniques to image spray formation in
optically dense regions of atomizing sprays have appeared in the literature, been further …

Imaging intact human organs with local resolution of cellular structures using hierarchical phase-contrast tomography

CL Walsh, P Tafforeau, WL Wagner, DJ Jafree… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Imaging intact human organs from the organ to the cellular scale in three dimensions is a
goal of biomedical imaging. To meet this challenge, we developed hierarchical phase …

X-ray imaging and analysis techniques for quantifying pore-scale structure and processes in subsurface porous medium systems

D Wildenschild, AP Sheppard - Advances in Water resources, 2013 - Elsevier
We report here on recent developments and advances in pore-scale X-ray tomographic
imaging of subsurface porous media. Our particular focus is on immiscible multi-phase fluid …

Phase retrieval in X-ray phase-contrast imaging suitable for tomography

A Burvall, U Lundström, PAC Takman, DH Larsson… - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
In-line phase-contrast X-ray imaging provides images where both absorption and refraction
contribute. For quantitative analysis of these images, the phase needs to be retrieved …

In-line phase-contrast X-ray imaging and tomography for materials science

SC Mayo, AW Stevenson, SW Wilkins - Materials, 2012 - mdpi.com
X-ray phase-contrast imaging and tomography make use of the refraction of X-rays by the
sample in image formation. This provides considerable additional information in the image …

Gold nanoparticle contrast agents in advanced X-ray imaging technologies

S Ahn, SY Jung, SJ Lee - Molecules, 2013 - mdpi.com
Recently, there has been significant progress in the field of soft-and hard-X-ray imaging for a
wide range of applications, both technically and scientifically, via developments in sources …

Phase and absorption retrieval using incoherent X-ray sources

PRT Munro, K Ignatyev… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
X-ray phase contrast imaging has overcome the limitations of X-ray absorption imaging in
many fields. Particular effort has been directed towards developing phase retrieval methods …

X-ray phase-contrast technology in breast imaging: principles, options, and clinical application

ST Taba, TE Gureyev, M Alakhras… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to review different x-ray phase-contrast breast
imaging techniques and their potential application in clinical settings. CONCLUSION. Phase …

Quantitative single-exposure x-ray phase contrast imaging using a single attenuation grid

KS Morgan, DM Paganin, KKW Siu - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
A single-exposure quantitative method of x-ray phase contrast imaging, suitable for animal
in vivo observations, is described and shown experimentally both for a known static sample …