Phase-contrast x-ray imaging (PCI) is an innovative method that is sensitive to the refraction
of the x-rays in matter. PCI is particularly adapted to visualize weakly absorbing details like …

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a progressive, chronic and debilitating genetic disease caused by
mutations in the CF Transmembrane-Conductance Regulator (CFTR) gene. Unrelenting …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and progressive lung disease with a median
life expectancy of 4–5 years after initial diagnosis. Early diagnosis and accurate monitoring …

A single-exposure quantitative method of x-ray phase contrast imaging, suitable for animal
in vivo observations, is described and shown experimentally both for a known static sample …

Monitoring of pulmonary physiology is fundamental to the clinical management of patients
with Cystic Fibrosis. The current standard clinical practise uses spirometry to assess lung …

Small-animal physiology studies are typically complicated, but the level of complexity is
greatly increased when performing live-animal X-ray imaging studies at synchrotron and …

Background Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by a defect in cystic fibrosis transmembrane
conductance regulator (CFTR) activity, often resulting in an incurable airway disease. Gene …

Propagation-based X-ray phase-contrast computed tomography (PBI) has already proven its
potential in a great variety of soft-tissue-related applications including lung imaging …

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder caused by mutations in the
gene encoding for the anion channel cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator …

We examine the projection approximation in the context of propagation-based phase
contrast imaging using hard x-rays. Specifically, we consider the case of a cylinder or a …