X-ray imaging inside the focal spot of polycapillary optics using the coded aperture concept

Opt Express. 2013 Feb 11;21(3):2920-7. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.002920.

Abstract

We present a method for x-ray imaging of objects inside the focal spot of polycapillary optics that resolves details smaller than the focal spot dimensions. This method employs coded aperture imaging, in which the micro-structure of polycapillary optics is treated as the coding pattern. Projection of the object is decoded from a magnified x-ray image of the polycapillary structure which is specifically sharpened by the object. Field of view can be extended by scanning the object across the focal spot.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Lenses*
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement / instrumentation*
  • Radiography / instrumentation*