State of the art of X-ray speckle-based phase-contrast and dark-field imaging

MC Zdora - Journal of Imaging, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the past few years, X-ray phase-contrast and dark-field imaging have evolved to be
invaluable tools for non-destructive sample visualisation, delivering information inaccessible …

On the quantification of sample microstructure using single-exposure x-ray dark-field imaging via a single-grid setup

YY How, DM Paganin, KS Morgan - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The size of the smallest detectable sample feature in an x-ray imaging system is usually
restricted by the spatial resolution of the system. This limitation can now be overcome using …

[HTML][HTML] Beam tracking approach for single–shot retrieval of absorption, refraction, and dark–field signals with laboratory x–ray sources

FA Vittoria, GKN Kallon, D Basta, PC Diemoz… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We present the translation of the beam tracking approach for x–ray phase–contrast and dark–
field imaging, recently demonstrated using synchrotron radiation, to a laboratory setup. A …

Directional dark-field retrieval with single-grid x-ray imaging

MK Croughan, YY How, A Pennings, KS Morgan - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Directional dark-field imaging is an emerging x-ray modality that is sensitive to unresolved
anisotropic scattering from sub-pixel sample microstructures. A single-grid imaging setup …

High-resolution and sensitivity bi-directional x-ray phase contrast imaging using 2D Talbot array illuminators

A Gustschin, M Riedel, K Taphorn, C Petrich… - Optica, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Two-dimensional (2D) Talbot array illuminators (TAIs) were designed, fabricated, and
evaluated for high-resolution high-contrast x-ray phase imaging of soft tissue at 10–20 keV …

Applying the Fokker–Planck equation to grating-based x-ray phase and dark-field imaging

KS Morgan, DM Paganin - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
X-ray imaging has conventionally relied upon attenuation to provide contrast. In recent
years, two complementary modalities have been added;(a) phase contrast, which can …

Single-shot x-ray speckle-based imaging of a single-material object

KM Pavlov, H Li, DM Paganin, S Berujon… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
We develop a means for speckle-based phase imaging of the projected thickness of a single-
material object, under the assumption of illumination by spatially random time-independent x …

Quantitative phase and intensity microscopy using snapshot white light wavefront sensing

C Wang, Q Fu, X Dun, W Heidrich - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Phase imaging techniques are an invaluable tool in microscopy for quickly examining thin
transparent specimens. Existing methods are limited to either simple and inexpensive …

X-ray dark-field and phase retrieval without optics, via the Fokker–Planck equation

TA Leatham, DM Paganin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Emerging methods of x-ray imaging that capture phase and dark-field effects are equipping
medicine with complementary sensitivity to conventional radiography. These methods are …

Quantifying the x-ray dark-field signal in single-grid imaging

YY How, KS Morgan - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
X-ray dark-field imaging reveals the sample microstructure that is unresolved when using
conventional methods of x-ray imaging. In this paper, we derive a new method to extract and …