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| author | Østergaard, Maja Naver, Estrid Buhl Kaestner, Anders Willendrup, Peter K. Brüel, Annemarie Sørensen, Henning Osholm Thomsen, Jesper Skovhus Schmidt, Søren Poulsen, Henning Friis Kuhn, Luise Theil Birkedal, Henrik |
| author_facet | Østergaard, Maja Naver, Estrid Buhl Kaestner, Anders Willendrup, Peter K. Brüel, Annemarie Sørensen, Henning Osholm Thomsen, Jesper Skovhus Schmidt, Søren Poulsen, Henning Friis Kuhn, Luise Theil Birkedal, Henrik |
| contents | We demonstrate the use of a phase retrieval technique for propagation-based phase contrast neutron imaging with a polychromatic beam. This enables imaging samples with low absorption contrast and/or improving the signal-to-noise ratio to facilitate e.g. time resolved measurements. A metal sample, designed to be close to a pure phase object, and a bone sample with canals partially filled with D2O were used for demonstrating the technique. These samples were imaged with a polychromatic neutron beam followed by phase retrieval. For both samples the signal-to-noise ratio were significantly improved and in case of the bone sample, the phase retrieval allowed for separation of bone and D2O, which is important for example for in situ flow experiments. The use of deuteration-contrast avoids the use of chemical contrast enhancement and makes neutron imaging an interesting complementary method to X-ray imaging of bone. |
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| publishDate | 2022 |
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| spellingShingle | Polychromatic neutron phase contrast imaging of weakly absorbing samples enabled by phase retrieval Østergaard, Maja Naver, Estrid Buhl Kaestner, Anders Willendrup, Peter K. Brüel, Annemarie Sørensen, Henning Osholm Thomsen, Jesper Skovhus Schmidt, Søren Poulsen, Henning Friis Kuhn, Luise Theil Birkedal, Henrik Medical Physics We demonstrate the use of a phase retrieval technique for propagation-based phase contrast neutron imaging with a polychromatic beam. This enables imaging samples with low absorption contrast and/or improving the signal-to-noise ratio to facilitate e.g. time resolved measurements. A metal sample, designed to be close to a pure phase object, and a bone sample with canals partially filled with D2O were used for demonstrating the technique. These samples were imaged with a polychromatic neutron beam followed by phase retrieval. For both samples the signal-to-noise ratio were significantly improved and in case of the bone sample, the phase retrieval allowed for separation of bone and D2O, which is important for example for in situ flow experiments. The use of deuteration-contrast avoids the use of chemical contrast enhancement and makes neutron imaging an interesting complementary method to X-ray imaging of bone. |
| title | Polychromatic neutron phase contrast imaging of weakly absorbing samples enabled by phase retrieval |
| topic | Medical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.01403 |