K-edge and mirror filtered X-ray grating interferometers

Dan Stutman*, Michael Finkenthal

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Talbot-Lau interferometers having good angular resolution and fringe contrast are needed for refraction imaging of biomedical objects with conventional X-ray tubes. To maximize angular resolution the interferometers must work in high Talbot orders, which in turn narrows the spectral region of good fringe contrast. To select this narrow region from the broad tube spectrum we study spectral filtering with K-edge absorbers or with grazing incidence X-ray mirrors. For instance, using a total reflection Au mirror at 2.7 mrad incidence in conjunction with a Mo tube at 50 kVp we obtain up to 30% contrast in the fifth Talbot order. The improved angular sensitivity and contrast achieved with quasi-monochromatic filtering enable single-exposure refraction imaging of soft tissues. The mirror filtering offers also a path for increasing the interferometer contrast at high X-ray energy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Workshop on X-Ray and Neutron Phase Imaging with Gratings
Pages229-236
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Workshop on X-Ray and Neutron Phase Imaging with Gratings, XNPIG 2012 - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: 5 Mar 20127 Mar 2012

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1466
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

ConferenceInternational Workshop on X-Ray and Neutron Phase Imaging with Gratings, XNPIG 2012
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTokyo
Period5/03/127/03/12

Keywords

  • X-ray mirrors
  • grating interferometer
  • ray phase-contrast

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