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Explorative Imaging and Its Implementation at the FleX-ray Laboratory

Coban, SB; Lucka, F; Palenstijn, WJ; Van Loo, D; Batenburg, KJ; (2020) Explorative Imaging and Its Implementation at the FleX-ray Laboratory. Journal of Imaging , 6 (4) , Article 18. 10.3390/jimaging6040018. Green open access

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Abstract

In tomographic imaging, the traditional process consists of an expert and an operator collecting data, the expert working on the reconstructed slices and drawing conclusions. The quality of reconstructions depends heavily on the quality of the collected data, except that, in the traditional process of imaging, the expert has very little influence over the acquisition parameters, experimental plan or the collected data. It is often the case that the expert has to draw limited conclusions from the reconstructions, or adapt a research question to data available. This method of imaging is static and sequential, and limits the potential of tomography as a research tool. In this paper, we propose a more dynamic process of imaging where experiments are tailored around a sample or the research question; intermediate reconstructions and analysis are available almost instantaneously, and expert has input at any stage of the process (including during acquisition) to improve acquisition or image reconstruction. Through various applications of 2D, 3D and dynamic 3D imaging at the FleX-ray Laboratory, we present the unexpected journey of exploration a research question undergoes, and the surprising benefits it yields.

Type: Article
Title: Explorative Imaging and Its Implementation at the FleX-ray Laboratory
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3390/jimaging6040018
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging6040018
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
Keywords: computed tomography; novel imaging systems; tomographic data acquisition; live image reconstruction
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10094963
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