X-ray dark-field via spectral propagation-based imaging

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Main Authors: Ahlers, Jannis N., Pavlov, Konstantin M., Kitchen, Marcus J., Morgan, Kaye S.
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Published: 2023
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author Ahlers, Jannis N.
Pavlov, Konstantin M.
Kitchen, Marcus J.
Morgan, Kaye S.
author_facet Ahlers, Jannis N.
Pavlov, Konstantin M.
Kitchen, Marcus J.
Morgan, Kaye S.
contents Dark-field X-ray imaging is a novel modality which visualises scattering from unresolved microstructure. Most dark-field imaging techniques rely on crystals or structured illumination, but recent work has shown that dark-field effects are observable in straightforward propagation-based imaging (PBI). Based on the single-material X-ray Fokker--Planck equation with an a priori dark-field energy dependence, we propose an algorithm to extract phase and dark-field effects from dual-energy PBI images. We successfully apply the dark-field retrieval algorithm to simulated and experimental dual-energy data, and show that by accounting for dark-field effects, projected thickness reconstruction is improved compared to the classic Paganin algorithm. With the emergence of spectral detectors, the method could enable single-exposure dark-field imaging of dynamic and living samples.
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spellingShingle X-ray dark-field via spectral propagation-based imaging
Ahlers, Jannis N.
Pavlov, Konstantin M.
Kitchen, Marcus J.
Morgan, Kaye S.
Medical Physics
Image and Video Processing
Optics
Dark-field X-ray imaging is a novel modality which visualises scattering from unresolved microstructure. Most dark-field imaging techniques rely on crystals or structured illumination, but recent work has shown that dark-field effects are observable in straightforward propagation-based imaging (PBI). Based on the single-material X-ray Fokker--Planck equation with an a priori dark-field energy dependence, we propose an algorithm to extract phase and dark-field effects from dual-energy PBI images. We successfully apply the dark-field retrieval algorithm to simulated and experimental dual-energy data, and show that by accounting for dark-field effects, projected thickness reconstruction is improved compared to the classic Paganin algorithm. With the emergence of spectral detectors, the method could enable single-exposure dark-field imaging of dynamic and living samples.
title X-ray dark-field via spectral propagation-based imaging
topic Medical Physics
Image and Video Processing
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.15874