Endrizzi, M; Diemoz, PC; Munro, PRT; Hagen, CK; Szafraniec, MB; Millard, TP; Zapata, CE; ... Olivo, A; + view all Endrizzi, M; Diemoz, PC; Munro, PRT; Hagen, CK; Szafraniec, MB; Millard, TP; Zapata, CE; Speller, RD; Olivo, A; - view fewer (2013) Applications of a non-interferometric x-ray phase contrast imaging method with both synchrotron and conventional sources. In: Journal of Instrumentation. (pp. C05008-0). IOP: UK.

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We have developed a totally incoherent, non-interferometric x-ray phase contrast imaging (XPCI) method. This is based on the edge illumination (EI) concept developed at the ELETTRA synchrotron in Italy in the late ‘90s. The method was subsequently adapted to the divergent beam generated by a conventional source, by replicating it for every detector line through suitable masks. The method was modelled both with the simplified ray-tracing and with the more rigorous wave-optics approach, and in both cases excellent agreement with the experimental results was found. The wave-optics model enabled assessing the methods’ coherence requirements, showing that they are at least an order of magnitude more relaxed than in other methods, without this having negative consequences on the phase sensitivity. Our masks have large pitches (up to 50 times larger than in grating interferometry, for example), which allows for manufacturing through standard lithography, scalability, cost-effectiveness and easiness to align. When applied to a polychromatic and divergent beam generated by a conventional source, the method enables the detection of strong phase effects also with uncollimated, unapertured sources with focal spots of up to 100 mm, compatible with the state-of-the-art in mammography. When used at synchrotrons, it enables a contrast increase of orders of magnitude over other methods. Robust phase retrieval was proven for both coherent and incoherent sources, and additional advantages are compatibility with high x-ray energies and easy implementation of phase sensitivity in two directions simultaneously. This paper briefly summarizes these achievements and reviews some of the key results.

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