?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Improved+sensitivity+at+synchrotrons+using+edge+illumination+X-ray+phase-contrast+imaging&rft.creator=Diemoz%2C+PC&rft.creator=Endrizzi%2C+M&rft.creator=Zapata%2C+CE&rft.creator=Bravin%2C+A&rft.creator=Speller%2C+RD&rft.creator=Robinson%2C+IK&rft.creator=Olivo%2C+A&rft.description=The+application+of+the+X-ray+phase-contrast+%E2%80%98edge+illumination%E2%80%99+principle+to+the+highly+coherent+beams+available+at+synchrotron+radiation+facilities+is+presented+here.+We+show+that%2C+in+this+configuration%2C+the+technique+allows+achieving+unprecedented+angular+sensitivity%2C+of+the+order+of+few+nanoradians.+The+results+are+obtained+at+beamlines+of+two+different+synchrotron+radiation+facilities%2C+using+various+experimental+conditions.+In+particular%2C+different+detectors+and+X-ray+energies+(12+keV+and+85+keV)+were+employed%2C+proving+the+flexibility+of+the+method+and+the+broad+range+of+conditions+over+which+it+can+be+applied.+Furthermore%2C+the+quantitative+separation+of+absorption+and+refraction+information%2C+and+the+application+of+the+edge+illumination+principle+in+combination+with+computed+tomography%2C+are+also+demonstrated.+Thanks+to+its+extremely+high+phase+sensitivity+and+its+flexible+applicability%2C+this+technique+will+both+improve+the+image+quality+achievable+with+X-ray+phase+contrast+imaging+and+allow+tackling+areas+of+application+which+remain+unexplored+until+now.&rft.subject=Image+reconstruction+in+medical+imaging%2C+X-ray+radiography+and+digital+radiography%2C+Computerized+Tomography+(CT)+and+Computed+Radiography+(CR)%2C+Data+processing+methods&rft.publisher=IOP&rft.date=2013-06-05&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++Journal+of+Instrumentation+(JINST).++(pp.+C06002-0).++IOP%3A+UK.+(2013)+++++&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1395511%2F1%2FDiemoz_JINST3013_revised.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1395511%2F&rft.rights=open