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 …

Micro-CT of rodents: state-of-the-art and future perspectives

DP Clark, CT Badea - Physica medica, 2014 - Elsevier
Micron-scale computed tomography (micro-CT) is an essential tool for phenotyping and for
elucidating diseases and their therapies. This work is focused on preclinical micro-CT …

X-ray phase-contrast imaging and metrology through unified modulated pattern analysis

MC Zdora, P Thibault, T Zhou, FJ Koch, J Romell… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
We present a method for x-ray phase-contrast imaging and metrology applications based on
the sample-induced modulation and subsequent computational demodulation of a random …

Slit‐scanning differential x‐ray phase‐contrast mammography: Proof‐of‐concept experimental studies

T Koehler, H Daerr, G Martens, N Kuhn… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The purpose of this work is to investigate the feasibility of grating‐based,
differential phase‐contrast, full‐field digital mammography (FFDM) in terms of the …

Phase-contrast CT: qualitative and quantitative evaluation of atherosclerotic carotid artery plaque

H Hetterich, M Willner, S Fill, J Herzen, F Bamberg… - Radiology, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To evaluate the potential of phase-contrast computed tomography (CT) for
atherosclerotic plaque imaging in human carotid arteries in an experimental ex vivo study …

Grating-based phase-contrast and dark-field computed tomography: a single-shot method

M Teuffenbach, T Koehler, A Fehringer, M Viermetz… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Grating-based X-ray interferometry offers vast potential for imaging materials and tissues
that are not easily visualised using conventional X-ray imaging. Tomographic reconstruction …

Low‐dose phase contrast tomography with conventional x‐ray sources

CK Hagen, PRT Munro, M Endrizzi, PC Diemoz… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The edge illumination (EI) x‐ray phase contrast imaging (XPCi) method has been
recently further developed to perform tomographic and, thus, volumetric imaging. In this …

Quantitative X-ray phase contrast computed tomography with grating interferometry: Biomedical applications of quantitative X-ray grating-based phase contrast …

L Birnbacher, EM Braig, D Pfeiffer, F Pfeiffer… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The ability of biomedical imaging data to be of quantitative nature is getting increasingly
important with the ongoing developments in data science. In contrast to conventional …

Dark-field X-ray imaging of unsaturated water transport in porous materials

F Yang, F Prade, M Griffa, I Jerjen, C Di Bella… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We introduce in this Letter an approach to X-ray imaging of unsaturated water transport in
porous materials based upon the intrinsic X-ray scattering produced by the material …

Helical X-ray phase-contrast computed tomography without phase stepping

M Marschner, M Willner, G Potdevin, A Fehringer… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
X-ray phase-contrast computed tomography (PCCT) using grating interferometry provides
enhanced soft-tissue contrast. The possibility to use standard polychromatic laboratory …