Large-area phase-contrast X-ray imaging using a two-crystal X-ray interferometer.
Large-area (25 x 20 mm) phase-contrast X-ray imaging was attained by using a skew-symmetric two-crystal X-ray interferometer. The sub-nrad angular control required to operate the X-ray interferometer was achieved with a sleeve bearing and a feedback-positioning system. As a demonstration, measurements of a phase map of a rat's liver and a phase-contrast tomographic three-dimensional image of a piece of a rabbit's liver were performed at the Photon Factory using 0.07 nm synchrotron radiation X-rays.
Yoneyama
Akio
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Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd, Hatoyama, Saitama 350-0395, Japan. a-yoneya@harl.hitachi.co.jp
Momose
Atsushi
A
Koyama
Ichiro
I
Seya
Eiichi
E
Takeda
Tohoru
T
Itai
Yuji
Y
Hirano
Keiichi
K
Hyodo
Kazuyuki
K
D000818:Animals; D004867:Equipment Design; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007368:Interferometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008722:Methods; D011817:Rabbits; D011859:Radiography; D017356:Synchrotrons / Q000295:instrumentation