Large field of view, fast and low dose multimodal phase-contrast imaging at high x-ray energy

Abstract X-ray phase contrast imaging (XPCI) is an innovative imaging technique which extends the contrast capabilities of ‘conventional’ absorption based x-ray systems. However, so far all XPCI implementations have suffered from one or more of the following limitations: low x-ray energies, small fi...

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Autores principales: Alberto Astolfo, Marco Endrizzi, Fabio A. Vittoria, Paul C. Diemoz, Benjamin Price, Ian Haig, Alessandro Olivo
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/b9526e3608f24416b4fc0e054678139d
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Sumario:Abstract X-ray phase contrast imaging (XPCI) is an innovative imaging technique which extends the contrast capabilities of ‘conventional’ absorption based x-ray systems. However, so far all XPCI implementations have suffered from one or more of the following limitations: low x-ray energies, small field of view (FOV) and long acquisition times. Those limitations relegated XPCI to a ‘research-only’ technique with an uncertain future in terms of large scale, high impact applications. We recently succeeded in designing, realizing and testing an XPCI system, which achieves significant steps toward simultaneously overcoming these limitations. Our system combines, for the first time, large FOV, high energy and fast scanning. Importantly, it is capable of providing high image quality at low x-ray doses, compatible with or even below those currently used in medical imaging. This extends the use of XPCI to areas which were unpractical or even inaccessible to previous XPCI solutions. We expect this will enable a long overdue translation into application fields such as security screening, industrial inspections and large FOV medical radiography – all with the inherent advantages of the XPCI multimodality.