Phase-contrast imaging with a compact x-ray light source: system design

Yongjin Sung; Rajiv Gupta; Brandon Nelson; Shuai Leng; Cynthia H. McCollough; William S. Graves

doi:10.1117/1.JMI.4.4.043503

23 November 2017 Phase-contrast imaging with a compact x-ray light source: system design

Yongjin Sung, Rajiv Gupta, Brandon Nelson, Shuai Leng, Cynthia H. McCollough, William S. Graves

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Journal of Medical Imaging, Vol. 4, Issue 4, 043503 (November 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.4.4.043503

Abstract

X-ray phase-contrast imaging (XPCI) overcomes the problem of low contrast between different soft tissues achieved in conventional x-ray imaging by introducing x-ray phase as an additional contrast mechanism. This work describes a compact x-ray light source (CXLS) and compares, via simulations, the high quality XPCI results that can be produced from this source to those produced using a microfocus x-ray source. The simulation framework is first validated using an image acquired with a microfocus-source, propagation-based XPCI (PB-XPCI) system. The phase contrast for a water sphere simulating a simple cyst submersed in muscle is evaluated and the evolution of PB-XPCI signal as the object to detector distance is increased is demonstrated. The proposed design of a PB-XPCI system using the CXLS is described and simulated images of a coronary artery compared between CXLS and microfocus source PB-XPCI systems. To generate images with similar noise levels, a microfocus source would require a 3000 times longer exposure than would the CXLS. We conclude that CXLS technology has the potential to provide high-quality XPCI in a medical environment using extremely short exposure times relative to microfocus source approaches.

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Yongjin Sung, Rajiv Gupta, Brandon Nelson, Shuai Leng, Cynthia H. McCollough, and William S. Graves "Phase-contrast imaging with a compact x-ray light source: system design," Journal of Medical Imaging 4(4), 043503 (23 November 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.4.4.043503

Received: 2 August 2017; Accepted: 6 November 2017; Published: 23 November 2017

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