Asymmetric masks for laboratory-based X-ray phase-contrast imaging with edge illumination.
Sci Rep
; 6: 25466, 2016 05 05.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27145924
ABSTRACT
We report on an asymmetric mask concept that enables X-ray phase-contrast imaging without requiring any movement in the system during data acquisition. The method is compatible with laboratory equipment, namely a commercial detector and a rotating anode tube. The only motion required is that of the object under investigation which is scanned through the imaging system. Two proof-of-principle optical elements were designed, fabricated and experimentally tested. Quantitative measurements on samples of known shape and composition were compared to theory with good agreement. The method is capable of measuring the attenuation, refraction and (ultra-small-angle) X-ray scattering, does not have coherence requirements and naturally adapts to all those situations in which the X-ray image is obtained by scanning a sample through the imaging system.
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En
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Sci Rep
Year:
2016
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Article
Affiliation country:
United kingdom