Super-resolution x-ray phase-contrast and dark-field imaging with a single 2D grating and electromagnetic source stepping

Phys Med Biol. 2019 Aug 14;64(16):165009. doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab2ff5.

Abstract

Here we report a method for increased resolution of single exposure three modality x-ray images using super-resolution. The three x-ray image modalities are absorption-, differential phase-contrast-, and dark-field-images. To create super-resolution, a non-mechanically movable micro-focus x-ray source is used. A series of almost identical x-ray projection images is obtained while the point source is translated in a two-dimensional grid pattern. The three image modalities are extracted from fourier space using spatial harmonic analysis, also known as the single-shot method. Using super-resolution on the low-resolution series of the three modalities separately results in high-resolution images for the modalities. This approach allows to compensate for the inherent loss in resolution caused by the single-shot method without increasing the need for stability or algorithms accounting for possible motion.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Animals
  • Coleoptera / anatomy & histology*
  • Electromagnetic Phenomena*
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Microscopy, Phase-Contrast / methods*
  • X-Rays