Advances in functional X-ray imaging techniques and contrast agents

H Chen, MM Rogalski, JN Anker - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
X-rays have been used for non-invasive high-resolution imaging of thick biological
specimens since their discovery in 1895. They are widely used for structural imaging of …

X-ray luminescence and x-ray fluorescence computed tomography: new molecular imaging modalities

M Ahmad, G Pratx, M Bazalova, LEI Xing - Ieee Access, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
X-ray luminescence and X-ray fluorescence computed tomography (CT) are two emerging
technologies in X-ray imaging that provide functional and molecular imaging capability. Both …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative imaging of gold nanoparticle distribution in a tumor-bearing mouse using benchtop x-ray fluorescence computed tomography

N Manohar, FJ Reynoso, P Diagaradjane, S Krishnan… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
X-ray fluorescence computed tomography (XFCT) is a technique that can identify, quantify
and locate elements within objects by detecting x-ray fluorescence (characteristic x-rays) …

Investigation of X-ray fluorescence computed tomography (XFCT) and K-edge imaging

M Bazalova, Y Kuang, G Pratx… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work provides a comprehensive Monte Carlo study of X-ray fluorescence computed
tomography (XFCT) and K-edge imaging system, including the system design, the influence …

Direct three-dimensional observation of the microstructure and chemistry of C3S hydration

Q Hu, M Aboustait, T Kim, MT Ley, JC Hanan… - Cement and concrete …, 2016 - Elsevier
Disagreements about the mechanisms of cement hydration remain despite the fact that
portland cement has been studied extensively for over 100 years. One reason for this is that …

The feasibility of polychromatic cone-beam x-ray fluorescence computed tomography (XFCT) imaging of gold nanoparticle-loaded objects: a Monte Carlo study

BL Jones, SH Cho - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
A recent study investigated the feasibility to develop a bench-top x-ray fluorescence
computed tomography (XFCT) system capable of determining the spatial distribution and …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-pinhole fluorescent x-ray computed tomography for molecular imaging

T Sasaya, N Sunaguchi, K Hyodo, T Zeniya, T Yuasa - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
We propose a multi-pinhole fluorescent x-ray computed tomography (mp-FXCT) technique
for preclinical molecular imaging that can provide the complete data necessary to produce 3 …

Optimized detector angular configuration increases the sensitivity of x-ray fluorescence computed tomography (XFCT)

M Ahmad, M Bazalova-Carter… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we demonstrated that an optimized detector angular configuration based on the
anisotropic energy distribution of background scattered X-rays improves X-ray fluorescence …

Full-field fan-beam x-ray fluorescence computed tomography with a conventional x-ray tube and photon-counting detectors for fast nanoparticle bioimaging

L Li, S Zhang, R Li, Z Chen - Optical Engineering, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
X-ray fluorescence computed tomography (XFCT) was performed on a high-intensity
synchrotron radiation source or a pencil beam with a long exposure time due to the low …

3D chemical segmentation of fly ash particles with X-ray computed tomography and electron probe microanalysis

Q Hu, MT Ley, J Davis, JC Hanan, R Frazier, Y Zhang - Fuel, 2014 - Elsevier
A novel data fusion technique is presented that combines X-ray computed tomography (CT)
and electron probe microanalysis to investigate fly ash particles. The technique is called …