Edge-illumination x-ray phase-contrast imaging

A Olivo - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Although early demonstration dates back to the mid-sixties, x-ray phase-contrast imaging
(XPCI) became hugely popular in the mid-90s, thanks to the advent of 3rd generation …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Hard X-ray dark-field imaging with incoherent sample illumination

M Endrizzi, PC Diemoz, TP Millard… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We report on a non-interferometric technique enabling dark-field imaging by using
incoherent illumination and two achromatic optical elements. The simultaneous retrieval of …

Noise analysis of grating-based x-ray differential phase contrast imaging

V Revol, C Kottler, R Kaufmann, U Straumann… - Review of Scientific …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
The sensitivity of x-ray radiographic images, meaning the minimal detectable change in the
thickness or in the index of refraction of a sample, is directly related to the uncertainty of the …

Phase and absorption retrieval using incoherent X-ray sources

PRT Munro, K Ignatyev, RD Speller, A Olivo - Proceedings of the National …, 2012 - pnas.org
X-ray phase contrast imaging has overcome the limitations of X-ray absorption imaging in
many fields. Particular effort has been directed towards develo** phase retrieval methods …

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

A Olivo, S Gkoumas, M Endrizzi, CK Hagen… - Medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To provide an x‐ray phase contrast imaging (XPCI) method working with
conventional sources that could be readily translated into clinical practice. XPCI shows …

X-ray phase contrast imaging: From synchrotrons to conventional sources

A Olivo, E Castelli - La rivista del nuovo cimento, 2014 - Springer
Phase-based approaches can revolutionize X-ray imaging and remove its main limitation:
poor image contrast arising from low attenuation differences. They exploit the unit decrement …

Spatial resolution of edge illumination X-ray phase-contrast imaging

PC Diemoz, FA Vittoria, A Olivo - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We analyze the spatial resolution of edge illumination X-ray phase-contrast imaging and its
dependence upon various experimental parameters such as source size, source-to-sample …

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 …

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 …