Multiscale pink-beam microCT imaging at the ESRF-ID17 biomedical beamline

A Mittone, L Fardin, F Di Lillo, M Fratini… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.iucr.org
Recent trends in hard X-ray micro-computed tomography (microCT) aim at increasing both
spatial and temporal resolutions. These challenges require intense photon beams. Filtered …

Quantitative phase imaging method based on an analytical nonparaxial partially coherent phase optical transfer function

Y Bao, TK Gaylord - JOSA A, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Multifilter phase imaging with partially coherent light (MFPI-PC) is a promising new
quantitative phase imaging method. However, the existing MFPI-PC method is based on the …

Clarification and unification of the obliquity factor in diffraction and scattering theories: discussion

Y Bao, TK Gaylord - JOSA A, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) diffraction theories form the underlying
basis of quantitative phase imaging. This paper reviews how 2D and 3D diffraction theories …

Biomedical x-ray phase-contrast imaging and tomography

H Wen - Springer Handbook of Microscopy, 2019 - Springer
This chapter reviews the main categories of methods that have been developed for
preclinical and clinical imaging applications. The methods covered here are all based on …

Radiation dose in breast CT imaging with monochromatic x-rays: simulation study of the influence of energy, composition and thickness

A Mittone, A Bravin, P Coan - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent developments have shown that high resolution phase contrast x-ray computed
tomography (CT) of the breast can be performed at clinically compatible doses. Results have …

Microcomputed tomography with diffraction-enhanced imaging for morphologic characterization and quantitative evaluation of microvessel of hepatic fibrosis in rats

J Duan, C Hu, S Luo, X Zhao, T Wang - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Backgroud Hepatic fibrosis can lead to deformation of vessel morphology and structure. In
the present feasibility study, high-resolution computed tomography (CT) using diffraction …

Weighted-least-squares multi-filter phase imaging with partially coherent light: characteristics of annular illumination

Y Bao, GC Dong, TK Gaylord - Applied Optics, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Multi-filter phase imaging with partially coherent light (MFPI-PC) is a promising microscopic
quantitative phase imaging (QPI) method that measures the phase of a transparent object. In …

Breast tumor segmentation in high resolution x‐ray phase contrast analyzer based computed tomography

E Brun, S Grandl, A Sztrókay‐Gaul, G Barbone… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Phase contrast computed tomography has emerged as an imaging method, which
is able to outperform present day clinical mammography in breast tumor visualization while …

High resolution hard X-ray 3D mapping of a Macaca fascicularis eye: A feasibility study without contrast agents

A Mittone, Y Ivanishko, S Kovalev, P Lisutina… - Physica Medica, 2018 - Elsevier
Several complementary methods able to visualize the internal structures of eyes are used in
the clinical practice in the diagnosis of pathologies affecting a specific zone of the eye …

Low-dose quantitative phase contrast medical CT

A Mittone, A Bravin, P Coan - Measurement Science and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
X-ray computed tomography (CT) is a powerful and routinely used clinical diagnostic
technique, which is well tolerated by patients, and which provides high-resolution images …