eprintid: 10199367 rev_number: 12 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/19/93/67 datestamp: 2024-11-01 14:02:37 lastmod: 2024-11-01 14:02:37 status_changed: 2024-11-01 14:02:37 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Hagen, Charlotte K creators_name: Lioliou, Grammatiki creators_name: Roche i Morgo, Oriol creators_name: Shah, Khushal creators_name: Zekavat, Amir creators_name: Astolfo, Alberto creators_name: Munro, Peter creators_name: Cipiccia, Silvia creators_name: Endrizzi, Marco creators_name: Olivo, Alessandro title: X-ray micro-computed tomography with amplitude modulated beams (beam tracking, edge illumination): opportunities, challenges, and outlook ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: F42 note: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. abstract: In recent years, x-ray micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) systems with amplitude modulated beams have gained global interest. These systems feature a modulator, that is, an x-ray opaque mask with periodically spaced apertures, in front of the sample, creating an array of spatially separated beamlets. The approach offers x-ray phase contrast imaging (XPCI), which improves the contrast-to-noise ratio and reveals the presence of sub-resolution inhomogeneities by capturing, respectively, refraction and ultra-small angle scattering (dark field signal) alongside x-ray attenuation. Additionally, the modulator can increase spatial resolution, as the narrow beamlets can transfer higher spatial frequencies without requiring geometric magnification. This brief communication reviews the working principle of the approach and comments on a remaining challenge (relatively long scan times). date: 2024 date_type: published publisher: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3029040 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2332065 doi: 10.1117/12.3029040 lyricists_name: Hagen, Charlotte lyricists_id: CKHAG69 actors_name: Hagen, Charlotte actors_id: CKHAG69 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public pres_type: paper publication: Developments in X-Ray Tomography XV pagerange: 1-6 event_title: Developments in X-Ray Tomography XV event_location: San Diego, California, United States event_dates: 18th-23rd August 2024 book_title: Proceedings of the Developments in X-Ray Tomography XV editors_name: Müller, Bert editors_name: Wang, Ge citation: Hagen, Charlotte K; Lioliou, Grammatiki; Roche i Morgo, Oriol; Shah, Khushal; Zekavat, Amir; Astolfo, Alberto; Munro, Peter; ... Olivo, Alessandro; + view all <#> Hagen, Charlotte K; Lioliou, Grammatiki; Roche i Morgo, Oriol; Shah, Khushal; Zekavat, Amir; Astolfo, Alberto; Munro, Peter; Cipiccia, Silvia; Endrizzi, Marco; Olivo, Alessandro; - view fewer <#> (2024) X-ray micro-computed tomography with amplitude modulated beams (beam tracking, edge illumination): opportunities, challenges, and outlook. In: Müller, Bert and Wang, Ge, (eds.) Proceedings of the Developments in X-Ray Tomography XV. (pp. pp. 1-6). Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10199367/7/Hagen_X-ray%20micro-computed%20tomography%20with%20amplitude%20modulated%20beams%20%28beam%20tracking%2C%20edge%20illumination%29_VoR.pdf