title: Computerized tomography based on DEI refraction information.
abstract: Conventional computerized tomography (CT) technique is based on the absorption contrast. In recent years, X-ray phase-contrast CT (PCCT) has been developing rapidly. It uses the phase information to reconstruct the object and provide high contrast and spatial resolution. Diffraction enhanced imaging (DEI) method is one of the three phase-sensitive X-ray imaging techniques. DEI method employs an analyzer crystal to extract the object's refraction information which can be used for CT. However, when DEI refraction CT is combined with the conventional CT algorithm, it should be satisfied that the refraction information of an arbitrary point in the object is invariable at every projection view. In this paper, the invariance condition of refraction information is analyzed and two feasible methods are provided for reconstruction. Using these two methods, two samples of weak absorption are reconstructed with the experimental data obtained at Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BSRF).
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronics Engineering of Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liao Ning, PR China. lslwf@dlut.edu.cn
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Peiping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000379:methods*