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Main Authors: Zeng, Hui, Li, Ming-Fei, Yu, Zhi-Yue, Shi, Bing-Zhan, Wu, Xiao-Jing, Feng, Jie, Wang, Jin-Guang, Li, Yi-Fei, Wu, Ling-An, Shi, Jian-Hong, Chen, Li-Ming
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00552
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author Zeng, Hui
Li, Ming-Fei
Yu, Zhi-Yue
Shi, Bing-Zhan
Wu, Xiao-Jing
Feng, Jie
Wang, Jin-Guang
Li, Yi-Fei
Wu, Ling-An
Shi, Jian-Hong
Chen, Li-Ming
author_facet Zeng, Hui
Li, Ming-Fei
Yu, Zhi-Yue
Shi, Bing-Zhan
Wu, Xiao-Jing
Feng, Jie
Wang, Jin-Guang
Li, Yi-Fei
Wu, Ling-An
Shi, Jian-Hong
Chen, Li-Ming
contents X-ray imaging is widely employed in clinical medicine, industrial inspection, and various scientific research fields. Unfortunately, most currently used X-ray two-dimensional (2D) detectors suffer from a fundamental trade-off between the number of pixels and readout time, making them unsuitable for fast moving objects imaging, as well as the readout dead time causes frame losses. X-ray ghost imaging (XGI) offers an alternative approach to image an object using only a highly sensitive single-pixel detector. However, a critical limitation of existing XGI methods is the excessive total acquisition time required, rendering it impractical for real applications. In this paper, we propose a rapid spatial modulation scheme based on random binary patterns encoded onto a fast-spinning mask. Clear X-ray visualization of moving objects is demonstrated with imaging rates up to 200 frames per second with a resolution of 225 um. For the first time, our method has greatly improved the XGI imaging speed and paves the way for X-ray imaging application of motion objects, such as the inspection of rotating aero-engines and in vivo medical imaging.
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spellingShingle Tabletop X-ray ghost video of moving objects
Zeng, Hui
Li, Ming-Fei
Yu, Zhi-Yue
Shi, Bing-Zhan
Wu, Xiao-Jing
Feng, Jie
Wang, Jin-Guang
Li, Yi-Fei
Wu, Ling-An
Shi, Jian-Hong
Chen, Li-Ming
Optics
X-ray imaging is widely employed in clinical medicine, industrial inspection, and various scientific research fields. Unfortunately, most currently used X-ray two-dimensional (2D) detectors suffer from a fundamental trade-off between the number of pixels and readout time, making them unsuitable for fast moving objects imaging, as well as the readout dead time causes frame losses. X-ray ghost imaging (XGI) offers an alternative approach to image an object using only a highly sensitive single-pixel detector. However, a critical limitation of existing XGI methods is the excessive total acquisition time required, rendering it impractical for real applications. In this paper, we propose a rapid spatial modulation scheme based on random binary patterns encoded onto a fast-spinning mask. Clear X-ray visualization of moving objects is demonstrated with imaging rates up to 200 frames per second with a resolution of 225 um. For the first time, our method has greatly improved the XGI imaging speed and paves the way for X-ray imaging application of motion objects, such as the inspection of rotating aero-engines and in vivo medical imaging.
title Tabletop X-ray ghost video of moving objects
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00552