X-ray phase-contrast imaging

M Endrizzi - Nuclear instruments and methods in physics research …, 2018 - Elsevier
X-ray imaging is a standard tool for the non-destructive inspection of the internal structure of
samples. It finds application in a vast diversity of fields: medicine, biology, many engineering …

Wavefront preserving X-ray optics for Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser photon beam transport systems

D Cocco, G Cutler, MS Del Rio, L Rebuffi, X Shi… - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
In the last two decades, after the first light from the new Free Electron Lasers, either in the
UV (FLASH [1] and FERMI@ Elettra [2]) or X-ray (LCLS [3] and SACLA [4]), more and more …

Speckle-based x-ray phase-contrast and dark-field imaging with a laboratory source

I Zanette, T Zhou, A Burvall, U Lundström, DH Larsson… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
We report on the observation and application of near-field speckles with a laboratory x-ray
source. The detection of speckles is possible thanks to the enhanced brilliance properties of …

Near-field ptychography: phase retrieval for inline holography using a structured illumination

M Stockmar, P Cloetens, I Zanette, B Enders… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Inline holography is a common phase-contrast imaging method which uses free-space
propagation to encode the phase signal into measured intensities. However, quantitative …

State of the art of X-ray speckle-based phase-contrast and dark-field imaging

MC Zdora - Journal of Imaging, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the past few years, X-ray phase-contrast and dark-field imaging have evolved to be
invaluable tools for non-destructive sample visualisation, delivering information inaccessible …

Metal assisted chemical etching of silicon in the gas phase: A nanofabrication platform for X-ray optics

L Romano, M Kagias, J Vila-Comamala… - Nanoscale …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
High aspect ratio nanostructuring requires high precision pattern transfer with highly
directional etching. In this work, we demonstrate the fabrication of structures with ultra-high …

X-ray multimodal imaging using a random-phase object

S Berujon, H Wang, K Sawhney - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and …, 2012 - APS
We demonstrate an extension of the x-ray grating interferometer three modal imaging
method to a generalized stepping scheme using a phase object with small, random features …

X-ray phase-contrast imaging and metrology through unified modulated pattern analysis

MC Zdora, P Thibault, T Zhou, FJ Koch, J Romell… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
We present a method for x-ray phase-contrast imaging and metrology applications based on
the sample-induced modulation and subsequent computational demodulation of a random …

X-ray phase tomography with near-field speckles for three-dimensional virtual histology

MC Zdora, P Thibault, W Kuo, V Fernandez, H Deyhle… - Optica, 2020 - opg.optica.org
High-contrast, high-resolution imaging of biomedical specimens is indispensable for
studying organ function and pathologies. Conventional histology, the gold standard for soft …

From synchrotron radiation to lab source: advanced speckle-based X-ray imaging using abrasive paper

H Wang, Y Kashyap, K Sawhney - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
X-ray phase and dark-field imaging techniques provide complementary and inaccessible
information compared to conventional X-ray absorption or visible light imaging. However …