A dual detector approach for X-ray differential phase contrast imaging
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- 作者：Dajiang Wang ; Zhili Wang ; Kun Gao ; Xin Ge ; Zhao Wu ; Peiping Zhu ; Ziyu Wu
- 关键词：X-ray imaging ; Differential phase contrast ; Dual detector ; Information retrieval
- 刊名：Radiation Physics and Chemistry
- 出版年：February, 2014
- 年：2014
- 卷：95
- 期：Complete
- 页码：86-90
- 全文大小：656 K
文摘
Phase sensitive X-ray imaging methods can provide substantially improved contrast over conventional absorption-based techniques, and therefore new and inaccessible information. Here we propose a dual detector approach for X-ray differential phase contrast imaging, which allows a quantitative retrieval of the object's phase information by a single exposure. The analysis performed in our research shows that compared with the phase-stepping method, the dual detector approach is advantageous in fast imaging speed, reduced radiation dose and alignment errors, and avoiding any problems resulting from motion artifacts and X-ray exposure reproducibility. The approach has a direct extension to single exposure two-dimensional differential phase contrast imaging, as well as the possibility to perform three-dimensional reconstruction of the refractive index and its gradient field. We believe that this approach can find its potential in clinical applications, where imaging speed and radiation dose are critical issues.