Six dimensional X-ray Tensor Tomography with a compact laboratory setup
Sharma Y, Wieczorek M, Schaff F, Seyyedi S, Prade F, Pfeiffer F, Lasser T (2016)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2016
Journal
Book Volume: 109
Article Number: 134102
Journal Issue: 13
DOI: 10.1063/1.4963649
Abstract
Attenuation based X-ray micro computed tomography (XCT) provides three-dimensional images with micrometer resolution. However, there is a trade-off between the smallest size of the structures that can be resolved and the measurable sample size. In this letter, we present an imaging method using a compact laboratory setup that reveals information about micrometer-sized structures within samples that are several orders of magnitudes larger. We combine the anisotropic dark-field signal obtained in a grating interferometer and advanced tomographic reconstruction methods to reconstruct a six dimensional scattering tensor at every spatial location in three dimensions. The scattering tensor, thus obtained, encodes information about the orientation of micron-sized structures such as fibres in composite materials or dentinal tubules in human teeth. The sparse acquisition schemes presented in this letter enable the measurement of the full scattering tensor at every spatial location and can be easily incorporated in a practical, commercially feasible laboratory setup using conventional X-ray tubes, thus allowing for widespread industrial applications.
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APA:
Sharma, Y., Wieczorek, M., Schaff, F., Seyyedi, S., Prade, F., Pfeiffer, F., & Lasser, T. (2016). Six dimensional X-ray Tensor Tomography with a compact laboratory setup. Applied Physics Letters, 109(13). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4963649
MLA:
Sharma, Y., et al. "Six dimensional X-ray Tensor Tomography with a compact laboratory setup." Applied Physics Letters 109.13 (2016).
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