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 …

A compact light source providing high-flux, quasi-monochromatic, tunable X-rays in the laboratory

B Hornberger, J Kasahara, M Gifford… - … in Laboratory-based …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
There is a large performance gap between conventional, electron-impact X-ray sources and
synchrotron radiation sources. Electron-impact X-ray sources are compact, low to moderate …

A deep learning reconstruction framework for differential phase-contrast computed tomography with incomplete data

J Fu, J Dong, F Zhao - IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Differential phase-contrast computed tomography (DPC-CT) is a powerful analysis tool for
soft-tissue and low-atomic-number samples. Limited by the implementation conditions, DPC …

Penalized maximum likelihood reconstruction for x‐ray differential phase‐contrast tomography

B Brendel, M von Teuffenbach, PB Noël… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The purpose of this work is to propose a cost function with regularization to
iteratively reconstruct attenuation, phase, and scatter images simultaneously from differential …

3D pulse EPR imaging from sparse-view projections via constrained, total variation minimization

Z Qiao, G Redler, B Epel, Y Qian, H Halpern - Journal of Magnetic …, 2015 - Elsevier
Tumors and tumor portions with low oxygen concentrations (pO 2) have been shown to be
resistant to radiation therapy. As such, radiation therapy efficacy may be enhanced if …

Simulated cystic renal lesions: quantitative X-ray phase-contrast CT—an in vitro phantom study

AA Fingerle, M Willner, J Herzen, D Münzel, D Hahn… - Radiology, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To determine if grating-based x-ray phase-contrast computed tomography (CT) can
allow differentiation of simulated simple, protein-rich, hemorrhagic, and enhancing cystic …

[HTML][HTML] 3D algebraic iterative reconstruction for cone-beam x-ray differential phase-contrast computed tomography

J Fu, X Hu, A Velroyen, M Bech, M Jiang, F Pfeiffer - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Due to the potential of compact imaging systems with magnified spatial resolution and
contrast, cone-beam x-ray differential phase-contrast computed tomography (DPC-CT) has …

[HTML][HTML] Fast x-ray differential phase contrast imaging with one exposure and without movements

J Fu, X Shi, W Guo, P Peng - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Grating interferometry X-ray differential phase contrast imaging (GI-XDPCI) has provided
enhanced imaging contrast and attracted more and more interests. Currently the low …

Analysis and accurate reconstruction of incomplete data in X-ray differential phase-contrast computed tomography

J Fu, R Tan, L Chen - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2014 - Springer
X-ray differential phase-contrast computed tomography (DPC-CT) is a powerful physical and
biochemical analysis tool. In practical applications, there are often challenges for DPC-CT …

Diagnostic accuracy of quantitative and qualitative phase-contrast imaging for the ex vivo characterization of human coronary atherosclerotic plaques

S Winklhofer, S Peter, V Tischler, F Morsbach… - Radiology, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To investigate the accuracy of x-ray grating interferometry phase-contrast (PC)
imaging for the characterization of human coronary artery plaque. Materials and Methods …