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Lioliou G, Navarrete-León C, Astolfo A, Savvidis S, Bate D, Endrizzi M, Hagen CK, Olivo A. A laboratory-based beam tracking x-ray imaging method achieving two-dimensional phase sensitivity and isotropic resolution with unidirectional undersampling. Sci Rep 2023; 13:8707. [PMID: 37248325 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-35901-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
Abstract
Beam tracking X-ray Phase Contrast Imaging is a "Shack-Hartmann" type approach which uses a pre-sample mask to split the x-rays into "beamlets" which are interrogated by a detector with sufficient resolution. The ultimate spatial resolution is determined by the size of the mask apertures, however achieving this resolution level requires "stepping" the sample or the mask in increments equal to the aperture size ("dithering"). If an array of circular apertures is used (which also provides two-dimensional phase sensitivity) instead of long parallel slits, this stepping needs to be carried out in two directions, which lengthens scan times significantly. We present a mask design obtained by offsetting rows of circular apertures, allowing for two-dimensional sensitivity and isotropic resolution while requiring sample or mask stepping in one direction only. We present images of custom-built phantoms and biological specimens, demonstrating that quantitative phase retrieval and near aperture-limited spatial resolutions are obtained in two orthogonal directions.
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- G Lioliou
- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, Malet Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, Malet Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, Malet Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, Malet Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, Malet Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
- Nikon X-Tek Systems Ltd, Tring, HP23 4JX, Herts, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, Malet Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, Malet Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, Malet Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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Hindenlang B, Gapeeva A, Baum MJ, Kaps S, Saure LM, Rasch F, Hammel J, Moosmann J, Storm M, Adelung R, Schütt F, Zeller-Plumhoff B. Evaporation kinetics in highly porous tetrapodal zinc oxide networks studied using in situ SRµCT. Sci Rep 2021; 11:20272. [PMID: 34642393 PMCID: PMC8511110 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-99624-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Tetrapodal zinc oxide (t-ZnO) is used to fabricate polymer composites for many different applications ranging from biomedicine to electronics. In recent times, macroscopic framework structures from t-ZnO have been used as a versatile sacrificial template for the synthesis of multi-scaled foam structures from different nanomaterials such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitride or gallium nitride. Many of these fabrication methods rely on wet-chemical coating processes using nanomaterial dispersions, leading to a strong interest in the actual coating mechanism and factors influencing it. Depending on the type of medium (e.g. solvent) used, different results regarding the homogeneity of the nanomaterial coating can be achieved. In order to understand how a medium influences the coating behavior, the evaporation process of water and ethanol is investigated in this work using in situ synchrotron radiation-based micro computed tomography (SRµCT). By employing propagation-based phase contrast imaging, both the t-ZnO network and the medium can be visualized. Thus, the evaporation process can be monitored non-destructively in three dimensions. This investigation showed that using a polar medium such as water leads to uniform evaporation and, by that, a homogeneous coating of the entire network.
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- Birte Hindenlang
- Institute of Metallic Biomaterials, Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 21502, Geesthacht, Germany.
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- Functional Nanomaterials, Institute for Materials Science, Kiel University, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143, Kiel, Germany
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- Functional Nanomaterials, Institute for Materials Science, Kiel University, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143, Kiel, Germany
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- Functional Nanomaterials, Institute for Materials Science, Kiel University, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143, Kiel, Germany
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- Functional Nanomaterials, Institute for Materials Science, Kiel University, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143, Kiel, Germany
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- Functional Nanomaterials, Institute for Materials Science, Kiel University, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Materials Physics, Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 21502, Geesthacht, Germany
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- Institute of Materials Physics, Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 21502, Geesthacht, Germany
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
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- Functional Nanomaterials, Institute for Materials Science, Kiel University, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143, Kiel, Germany
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- Functional Nanomaterials, Institute for Materials Science, Kiel University, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143, Kiel, Germany.
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- Institute of Metallic Biomaterials, Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 21502, Geesthacht, Germany.
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High-energy, high-resolution, fly-scan X-ray phase tomography. Sci Rep 2019; 9:8913. [PMID: 31222085 PMCID: PMC6586786 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45561-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
High energy X-ray phase contrast tomography is tremendously beneficial to the study of thick and dense materials with poor attenuation contrast. Recently, the X-ray speckle-based imaging technique has attracted widespread interest because multimodal contrast images can now be retrieved simultaneously using an inexpensive wavefront modulator and a less stringent experimental setup. However, it is time-consuming to perform high resolution phase tomography with the conventional step-scan mode because the accumulated time overhead severely limits the speed of data acquisition for each projection. Although phase information can be extracted from a single speckle image, the spatial resolution is deteriorated due to the use of a large correlation window to track the speckle displacement. Here we report a fast data acquisition strategy utilising a fly-scan mode for near field X-ray speckle-based phase tomography. Compared to the existing step-scan scheme, the data acquisition time can be significantly reduced by more than one order of magnitude without compromising spatial resolution. Furthermore, we have extended the proposed speckle-based fly-scan phase tomography into the previously challenging high X-ray energy region (120 keV). This development opens up opportunities for a wide range of applications where exposure time and radiation dose are critical.
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Polat A, Hassan S, Yildirim I, Oliver LE, Mostafaei M, Kumar S, Maharjan S, Bourguet L, Cao X, Ying G, Eyvazi Hesar M, Zhang YS. A miniaturized optical tomography platform for volumetric imaging of engineered living systems. LAB ON A CHIP 2019; 19:550-561. [PMID: 30657153 PMCID: PMC6391727 DOI: 10.1039/c8lc01190g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Volumetric optical microscopy approaches that enable acquisition of three-dimensional (3D) information from a biological sample are attractive for numerous non-invasive imaging applications. The unprecedented structural details that these techniques provide have helped in our understanding of different aspects of architecture of cells, tissues, and organ systems as they occur in their natural states. Nonetheless, the instrumentation for most of these techniques is sophisticated, bulky, and costly, and is less affordable to most laboratory settings. Several miniature imagers based on webcams or low-cost sensors featuring easy assembly have been reported, for in situ imaging of biological structures at low costs. However, they have not been able to achieve the ability of 3D imaging throughout the entire volumes for spatiotemporal analyses of the structural changes in these specimens. Here we present a miniaturized optical tomography (mini-Opto) platform for low-cost, volumetric characterization of engineered living systems through hardware optimizations as well as applications of an optimized algebraic algorithm for image reconstruction.
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- Adem Polat
- Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 65 Landsdowne St, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Trachet B, Lovric G, Villanueva-Perez P, Aslanidou L, Ferraro M, Logghe G, Stergiopulos N, Segers P. Synchrotron-based phase contrast imaging of cardiovascular tissue in mice—grating interferometry or phase propagation? Biomed Phys Eng Express 2018. [DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/aaeb65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Wang H, Cai B, Pankhurst MJ, Zhou T, Kashyap Y, Atwood R, Le Gall N, Lee P, Drakopoulos M, Sawhney K. X-ray phase-contrast imaging with engineered porous materials over 50 keV. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2018; 25:1182-1188. [PMID: 29979180 PMCID: PMC6038599 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577518005623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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X-ray phase-contrast imaging can substantially enhance image contrast for weakly absorbing samples. The fabrication of dedicated optics remains a major barrier, especially in high-energy regions (i.e. over 50 keV). Here, the authors perform X-ray phase-contrast imaging by using engineered porous materials as random absorption masks, which provides an alternative solution to extend X-ray phase-contrast imaging into previously challenging higher energy regions. The authors have measured various samples to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed engineering materials. This technique could potentially be useful for studying samples across a wide range of applications and disciplines.
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- Hongchang Wang
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK
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- School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Materials, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
- Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, UK
- School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS29 9ET, UK
- Instituto Technológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER), 38900 Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
- Instituto Volcanológico de Canaries (INVOLCAN), 38400 Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK
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- Technical Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK
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- School of Materials, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
- Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, UK
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- School of Materials, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
- Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, UK
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK
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Wang Z, Liu D, Zhang J, Huang W, Yuan Q, Gao K, Wu Z. Absorption, refraction and scattering retrieval in X-ray analyzer-based imaging. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2018; 25:1206-1213. [PMID: 29979183 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577518007439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A three-image algorithm is proposed in order to retrieve the absorption, refraction and ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering (USAXS) properties of the object in X-ray analyzer-based imaging. Based on the Gaussian fitting to the rocking curve, the novel algorithm is theoretically derived and presented, and validated by synchrotron radiation experiments. Compared with multiple-image radiography, this algorithm only requires a minimum of three intensity measurements, and is therefore advantageous in terms of simplified acquisition procedure and reduced data collection times, which are especially important for specific applications such as in vivo imaging and phase tomography. Moreover, the retrieval algorithm can be specialized to particular cases where some degree of a priori knowledge on the object is available, potentially reducing the minimum number of intensity measurements to two. Furthermore, the effect of angular mis-alignment on the accuracy of the retrieved images was theoretically investigated, which can be of use in image interpretation and optimization of the data acquisition procedure.
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- Zhili Wang
- School of Electronics and Applied Physics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230009, People's Republic of China
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- School of Electronics and Applied Physics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230009, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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Hirano K, Takahashi Y, Hyodo K, Kimura M. X-ray analyzer-based phase-contrast computed laminography. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2016; 23:1484-1489. [PMID: 27787254 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577516014831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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X-ray analyzer-based phase-contrast imaging is combined with computed laminography for imaging regions of interest in laterally extended flat specimens of weak absorption contrast. The optics discussed here consist of an asymmetrically cut collimator crystal and a symmetrically cut analyzer crystal arranged in a nondispersive (+, -) diffraction geometry. A generalized algorithm is given for calculating multi-contrast (absorption, refraction and phase contrast) images of a sample. Basic formulae are also presented for laminographic reconstruction. The feasibility of the method discussed was verified at the vertical wiggler beamline BL-14B of the Photon Factory. At a wavelength of 0.0733 nm, phase-contrast sectional images of plastic beads were successfully obtained. Owing to strong circular artifacts caused by a sample holder, the field of view was limited to about 6 mm in diameter.
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- Keiichi Hirano
- Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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Kashyap Y, Wang H, Sawhney K. Experimental comparison between speckle and grating-based imaging technique using synchrotron radiation X-rays. OPTICS EXPRESS 2016; 24:18664-18673. [PMID: 27505829 DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.018664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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X-ray phase contrast and dark-field imaging techniques provide important and complementary information that is inaccessible to the conventional absorption contrast imaging. Both grating-based imaging (GBI) and speckle-based imaging (SBI) are able to retrieve multi-modal images using synchrotron as well as lab-based sources. However, no systematic comparison has been made between the two techniques so far. We present an experimental comparison between GBI and SBI techniques with synchrotron radiation X-ray source. Apart from the simple experimental setup, we find SBI does not suffer from the issue of phase unwrapping, which can often be problematic for GBI. In addition, SBI is also superior to GBI since two orthogonal differential phase gradients can be simultaneously extracted by one dimensional scan. The GBI has less stringent requirements for detector pixel size and transverse coherence length when a second or third grating can be used. This study provides the reference for choosing the most suitable technique for diverse imaging applications at synchrotron facility.
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Astolfo A, Lathuilière A, Laversenne V, Schneider B, Stampanoni M. Amyloid-β plaque deposition measured using propagation-based X-ray phase contrast CT imaging. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2016; 23:813-9. [PMID: 27140162 PMCID: PMC5315008 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577516004045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Accepted: 03/10/2016] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Amyloid beta accumulation into insoluble plaques (Aβp) is known to play a significant role in the pathological process in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The presence of Aβp is also one of the neuropathological hallmarks for the disease. AD final diagnosis is generally acknowledged after the evaluation of Aβp deposition in the brain. Insoluble Aβp accumulation may also concur to cause AD as postulated in the so-called amyloid hypothesis. Therefore, the visualization, evaluation and quantification of Aβp are nowadays the keys for a better understanding of the disease, which may point to a possible cure for AD in the near future. Synchrotron-based X-ray phase contrast (XPC) has been demonstrated as the only imaging method that can retrieve the Aβp signal with high spatial resolution (up to 10 µm), high sensitivity and three-dimensional information at the same time. Although at the moment XPC is suitable for ex vivo samples only, it may develop into an alternative to positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in Aβp imaging. In this contribution the possibility of using synchrotron-based X-ray phase propagation computed tomography to visualize and measure Aβp on mouse brains is presented. A careful setup optimization for this application leads to a significant improvement of spatial resolution (∼1 µm), data acquisition speed (five times faster), X-ray dose (five times lower) and setup complexity, without a substantial loss in sensitivity when compared with the classic implementation of grating-based X-ray interferometry.
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- Alberto Astolfo
- TOMCAT Beamline, Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Neurodegenerative Studies Laboratory, Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- Neurodegenerative Studies Laboratory, Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- Neurodegenerative Studies Laboratory, Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- TOMCAT Beamline, Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Montgomery JE, Wesolowski MJ, Wolkowski B, Chibbar R, Snead ECR, Singh J, Pettitt M, Malhi PS, Barboza T, Adams G. Demonstration of synchrotron x-ray phase contrast imaging computed tomography of infiltrative transitional cell carcinoma of the prostatic urethra in a dog. J Med Imaging (Bellingham) 2016; 3:015504. [PMID: 27014719 DOI: 10.1117/1.jmi.3.1.015504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Prostatic urethral transitional cell carcinoma with prostatic invasion in a dog was imaged with abdominal radiography and abdominal ultrasonography antemortem. Synchrotron in-line x-ray phase contrast imaging computed tomography (XPCI-CT) was performed on the prostate ex vivo at the Canadian Light Source Synchrotron and compared to histology. XPCI-CT imaging provides greater soft tissue contrast than conventional absorption-based x-ray imaging modalities, permitting visualization of regions of inflammatory cell infiltration, differentiation of invasive versus noninvasive tumor regions, and areas of necrosis and mineralization. This represents the first report of XPCI-CT images of an invasive prostatic urothelial neoplasm in a dog.
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- James E Montgomery
- University of Saskatchewan , College of Medicine, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada
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- University of Saskatchewan , Department of Medical Imaging, College of Medicine, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada
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- University of Saskatchewan , Department of Animal and Poultry Science, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A8, Canada
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- University of Saskatchewan , Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada
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- University of Saskatchewan , Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4, Canada
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- University of Saskatchewan , Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4, Canada
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- University of Saskatchewan , Department of Animal and Poultry Science, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Prairie Diagnostic Services , 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4, Canada
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- University of Saskatchewan , Western College of Veterinary Medicine, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4, Canada
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- University of Saskatchewan , Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4, Canada
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Nesterets YI, Gureyev TE, Mayo SC, Stevenson AW, Thompson D, Brown JMC, Kitchen MJ, Pavlov KM, Lockie D, Brun F, Tromba G. A feasibility study of X-ray phase-contrast mammographic tomography at the Imaging and Medical beamline of the Australian Synchrotron. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2015; 22:1509-1523. [PMID: 26524316 DOI: 10.1107/s160057751501766x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 09/21/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Results are presented of a recent experiment at the Imaging and Medical beamline of the Australian Synchrotron intended to contribute to the implementation of low-dose high-sensitivity three-dimensional mammographic phase-contrast imaging, initially at synchrotrons and subsequently in hospitals and medical imaging clinics. The effect of such imaging parameters as X-ray energy, source size, detector resolution, sample-to-detector distance, scanning and data processing strategies in the case of propagation-based phase-contrast computed tomography (CT) have been tested, quantified, evaluated and optimized using a plastic phantom simulating relevant breast-tissue characteristics. Analysis of the data collected using a Hamamatsu CMOS Flat Panel Sensor, with a pixel size of 100 µm, revealed the presence of propagation-based phase contrast and demonstrated significant improvement of the quality of phase-contrast CT imaging compared with conventional (absorption-based) CT, at medically acceptable radiation doses.
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- Yakov I Nesterets
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia
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- Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, Basovizza (Trieste), Italy
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Frachon T, Weber L, Hesse B, Rit S, Dong P, Olivier C, Peyrin F, Langer M. Dose fractionation in synchrotron radiation x-ray phase micro-tomography. Phys Med Biol 2015; 60:7543-66. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/19/7543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Bukreeva I, Fratini M, Campi G, Pelliccia D, Spanò R, Tromba G, Brun F, Burghammer M, Grilli M, Cancedda R, Cedola A, Mastrogiacomo M. High-Resolution X-Ray Techniques as New Tool to Investigate the 3D Vascularization of Engineered-Bone Tissue. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2015; 3:133. [PMID: 26442248 PMCID: PMC4561513 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2015.00133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The understanding of structure–function relationships in normal and pathologic mammalian tissues is at the basis of a tissue engineering (TE) approach for the development of biological substitutes to restore or improve tissue function. In this framework, it is interesting to investigate engineered bone tissue, formed when porous ceramic constructs are loaded with bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC) and implanted in vivo. To monitor the relation between bone formation and vascularization, it is important to achieve a detailed imaging and a quantitative description of the complete three-dimensional vascular network in such constructs. Here, we used synchrotron X-ray phase-contrast micro-tomography to visualize and analyze the three-dimensional micro-vascular networks in bone-engineered constructs, in an ectopic bone formation mouse-model. We compared samples seeded and not seeded with BMSC, as well as samples differently stained or unstained. Thanks to the high quality of the images, we investigated the 3D distribution of both vessels and collagen matrix and we obtained quantitative information for all different samples. We propose our approach as a tool for quantitative studies of angiogenesis in TE and for any pre-clinical investigation where a quantitative analysis of the vascular network is required.
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- Inna Bukreeva
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto NANOTEC, c/o Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Sapienza , Rome , Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto NANOTEC, c/o Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Sapienza , Rome , Italy ; Department of Science, Roma Tre University , Rome , Italy
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- Istituto di Cristallografia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Rome , Italy
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- School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University , Melbourne, VIC , Australia ; Australian Synchrotron , Clayton, VIC , Australia ; School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University , Clayton, VIC , Australia
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale dell'Università di Genova, AOU San Martino-IST , Genova , Italy
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- Elettra - Synchrotron Radiation Trieste S.C.p.A , Trieste , Italy
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- Elettra - Synchrotron Radiation Trieste S.C.p.A , Trieste , Italy ; Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università di Trieste , Trieste , Italy
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility , Grenoble , France ; Department of Analytical Chemistry, Ghent University , Ghent , Belgium
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Sapienza , Rome , Italy ; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, c/o Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Sapienza , Rome , Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale dell'Università di Genova, AOU San Martino-IST , Genova , Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto NANOTEC, c/o Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Sapienza , Rome , Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale dell'Università di Genova, AOU San Martino-IST , Genova , Italy
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Wang H, Kashyap Y, Sawhney K. Speckle based X-ray wavefront sensing with nanoradian angular sensitivity. OPTICS EXPRESS 2015; 23:23310-23317. [PMID: 26368432 DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.023310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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X-ray wavefront sensing techniques play an important role in both in situ metrology of X-ray optics and X-ray phase contrast imaging. In this letter, we report an approach to measure wavefront aberrations simply using abrasive paper. The wavefront phase change induced by the sample under test was extracted from the speckle displacement by applying a cross-correlation algorithm to two series of speckle images collected using two one-dimensional scans, whilst scanning the abrasive paper in a transverse direction to the incident X-ray beam. The angular sensitivity of the proposed method is shown to be around 2 nanoradians. The potential of the proposed technique for characterizing X-ray optics and the study of biomedical specimens is demonstrated by imaging representative samples.
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Sung Y, Segars WP, Pan A, Ando M, Sheppard CJR, Gupta R. Realistic wave-optics simulation of X-ray phase-contrast imaging at a human scale. Sci Rep 2015; 5:12011. [PMID: 26169570 PMCID: PMC4500945 DOI: 10.1038/srep12011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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X-ray phase-contrast imaging (XPCI) can dramatically improve soft tissue contrast in X-ray medical imaging. Despite worldwide efforts to develop novel XPCI systems, a numerical framework to rigorously predict the performance of a clinical XPCI system at a human scale is not yet available. We have developed such a tool by combining a numerical anthropomorphic phantom defined with non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS) and a wave optics-based simulator that can accurately capture the phase-contrast signal from a human-scaled numerical phantom. Using a synchrotron-based, high-performance XPCI system, we provide qualitative comparison between simulated and experimental images. Our tool can be used to simulate the performance of XPCI on various disease entities and compare proposed XPCI systems in an unbiased manner.
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- Yongjin Sung
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
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- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- The Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Wolkowski B, Snead E, Wesolowski M, Singh J, Pettitt M, Chibbar R, Melli S, Montgomery J. Assessment of freeware programs for the reconstruction of tomography datasets obtained with a monochromatic synchrotron-based X-ray source. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2015; 22:1130-1138. [PMID: 26134821 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577515008437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Synchrotron-based in-line phase-contrast computed tomography (PC-CT) allows soft tissue to be imaged with sub-gross resolution and has potential to be used as a diagnostic tool. The reconstruction and processing of in-line PC-CT datasets is a computationally demanding task; thus, an efficient and user-friendly software program is desirable. Four freeware programs (NRecon, PITRE, H-PITRE and Athabasca Recon) were compared for the availability of features such as dark- and flat-field calibration, beam power normalization, ring artifact removal, and alignment tools for optimizing image quality. An in-line PC-CT projection dataset (3751 projections, 180° rotation, 10.13 mm × 0.54 mm) was collected from a formalin-fixed canine prostate at the Biomedical Imaging and Therapy Bending Magnet (BMIT-BM) beamline of the Canadian Light Source. This dataset was processed with each of the four software programs and usability of the program was evaluated. Efficiency was assessed by how each program maximized computer processing power during computation. Athabasca Recon had the least-efficient memory usage, least user-friendly interface, and lacked a ring artifact removal feature. NRecon, PITRE and H-PITRE produced similar quality images, but the Athabasca Recon reconstruction suffered from the lack of a native ring remover algorithm. The 64-bit version of NRecon uses GPU (graphics processor unit) memory for accelerated processing and is user-friendly, but does not provide necessary parameters for in-line PC-CT data, such as dark-field and flat-field correction and beam power normalization. PITRE has many helpful features and tools, but lacks a comprehensive user manual and help section. H-PITRE is a condensed version of PITRE and maximizes computer memory for efficiency. To conclude, NRecon has fewer imaging processing tools than PITRE and H-PITRE, but is ideal for less experienced users due to a simple user interface. Based on the quality of reconstructed images, efficient use of computer memory and parameter availability, H-PITRE was the preferred of the four programs compared.
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- Bailey Wolkowski
- College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5B4
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- Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5B4
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- Department of Medical Imaging, University of Saskatchewan, 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 0W8
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- Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5B4
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- College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5B4
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- Pathology and Lab Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 0W8
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5A9
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- College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 0W8
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Ruiz-Gonzalez Y, Perez-Diaz M, Martínez-Aguila D, Diaz-Barreto M, Fleitas I, Mora-Machado R, Rigon L, Tromba G, Bregant P. Objective measurements of image quality in synchrotron radiation phase-contrast imaging versus digital mammography. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg 2015; 11:181-8. [PMID: 26092659 DOI: 10.1007/s11548-015-1237-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2014] [Accepted: 06/04/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE Phase-contrast mammography with synchrotron radiation is an innovative X-ray imaging practice that improves the identification of breast lesions. Previous studies have proven the superiority of the mammography images taken in the phase-contrast modality using synchrotron radiation beams as compared with images taken in conventional mammography by subjective analyses. However, to our knowledge, no previous study has compared different acquisition systems in order to quantify this improvement by means of objective robust indicators. In this research, we intend to quantify the superiority of phase-contrast imaging by means of objective metrics of image quality. METHODS Images from the American College of Radiology Mammographic Accreditation Phantom were obtained at hospitals, in two digital mammography equipment and at the Elettra synchrotron radiation facility (Trieste, Italy), using free space propagation phase-contrast modality. Regions of interest were selected to analyze image quality at the fibers (phase object) and masses (area object) simulated on the phantom by means of the signal-to-noise ratio, the figure of merit, the contrast and the edge visibility. RESULTS The image contrast and edge visibility were significantly higher at the phase-contrast modality as compared with digital mammography equipment. The figure of merit using phase-contrast modality was higher for the fibers and comparable for the masses. CONCLUSION The results showed an improvement of the contrast and edge visibility in phase-contrast images. These improvements may be important in the detection of small lesions and details.
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- Y Ruiz-Gonzalez
- Center for Studies on Electronics and Information Technologies, Central University of Las Villas, Villa Clara, Cuba.
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- Center for Studies on Electronics and Information Technologies, Central University of Las Villas, Villa Clara, Cuba
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- Center for Studies on Electronics and Information Technologies, Central University of Las Villas, Villa Clara, Cuba
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- Centro para el Control Estatal de Medicamentos, Equipos y Dispositivos Médicos, Habana, Cuba
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- Centro para el Control Estatal de Medicamentos, Equipos y Dispositivos Médicos, Habana, Cuba
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- Centro para el Control Estatal de Medicamentos, Equipos y Dispositivos Médicos, Habana, Cuba
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- Department of Physics, University of Trieste and INFN, Trieste, Italy
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- ELETTRA, Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, Trieste, Italy
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- Health Physics, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria "Ospedali Riuniti", Trieste, Italy
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Bao Y, Wang Y, Li P, Wu Z, Shao Q, Gao K, Wang Z, Ju Z, Zhang K, Yuan Q, Huang W, Zhu P, Wu Z. A novel crystal-analyzer phase retrieval algorithm and its noise property. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2015; 22:786-795. [PMID: 25931098 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577515003616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 02/21/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A description of the rocking curve in diffraction enhanced imaging (DEI) is presented in terms of the angular signal response function and a simple multi-information retrieval algorithm based on the cosine function fitting. A comprehensive analysis of noise properties of DEI is also given considering the noise transfer characteristic of the X-ray source. The validation has been performed with synchrotron radiation experimental data and Monte Carlo simulations based on the Geant4 toolkit combined with the refractive process of X-rays, which show good agreement with each other. Moreover, results indicate that the signal-to-noise ratios of the refraction and scattering images are about one order of magnitude better than that of the absorption image at the edges of low-Z samples. The noise penalty is drastically reduced with the increasing photon flux and visibility. Finally, this work demonstrates that the analytical method can build an interesting connection between DEI and GDPCI (grating-based differential phase contrast imaging) and is widely suitable for a variety of measurement noise in the angular signal response imaging prototype. The analysis significantly contributes to the understanding of noise characteristics of DEI images and may allow improvements to the signal-to-noise ratio in biomedical and material science imaging.
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- Yuan Bao
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, People's Republic of China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, People's Republic of China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, People's Republic of China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, People's Republic of China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, People's Republic of China
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In-line phase-contrast and grating-based phase-contrast synchrotron imaging study of brain micrometastasis of breast cancer. Sci Rep 2015; 5:9418. [PMID: 25818989 PMCID: PMC4377630 DOI: 10.1038/srep09418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Current bio-medical imaging researches aim to detect brain micrometastasis in early stage for its increasing incidence and high mortality rates. Synchrotron phase-contrast imaging techniques, such as in-line phase-contrast (IPC) and grating-based phase-contrast (GPC) imaging, could provide a high spatial and density imaging study of biological specimens' 3D structures. In this study, we demonstrated the detection efficiencies of these two imaging tools on breast cancer micrometastasis in an ex vivo mouse brain. We found that both IPC and GPC can differentiate abnormal brain structures induced by micrometastasis from the surrounding normal tissues. We also found that GPC was more sensitive in detecting the small metastasis as compared to IPC.
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Nagarajan MB, Coan P, Huber MB, Diemoz PC, Wismüller A. Integrating dimension reduction and out-of-sample extension in automated classification of ex vivo human patellar cartilage on phase contrast X-ray computed tomography. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0117157. [PMID: 25710875 PMCID: PMC4339581 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Phase contrast X-ray computed tomography (PCI-CT) has been demonstrated as a novel imaging technique that can visualize human cartilage with high spatial resolution and soft tissue contrast. Different textural approaches have been previously investigated for characterizing chondrocyte organization on PCI-CT to enable classification of healthy and osteoarthritic cartilage. However, the large size of feature sets extracted in such studies motivates an investigation into algorithmic feature reduction for computing efficient feature representations without compromising their discriminatory power. For this purpose, geometrical feature sets derived from the scaling index method (SIM) were extracted from 1392 volumes of interest (VOI) annotated on PCI-CT images of ex vivo human patellar cartilage specimens. The extracted feature sets were subject to linear and non-linear dimension reduction techniques as well as feature selection based on evaluation of mutual information criteria. The reduced feature set was subsequently used in a machine learning task with support vector regression to classify VOIs as healthy or osteoarthritic; classification performance was evaluated using the area under the receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC). Our results show that the classification performance achieved by 9-D SIM-derived geometric feature sets (AUC: 0.96 ± 0.02) can be maintained with 2-D representations computed from both dimension reduction and feature selection (AUC values as high as 0.97 ± 0.02). Thus, such feature reduction techniques can offer a high degree of compaction to large feature sets extracted from PCI-CT images while maintaining their ability to characterize the underlying chondrocyte patterns.
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- Mahesh B. Nagarajan
- Departments of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine and Institute of Clinical Radiology, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
- Faculty of Physics, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
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- Departments of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Faculty of Physics, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
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- Departments of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA
- Faculty of Medicine and Institute of Clinical Radiology, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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Fratini M, Bukreeva I, Campi G, Brun F, Tromba G, Modregger P, Bucci D, Battaglia G, Spanò R, Mastrogiacomo M, Requardt H, Giove F, Bravin A, Cedola A. Simultaneous submicrometric 3D imaging of the micro-vascular network and the neuronal system in a mouse spinal cord. Sci Rep 2015; 5:8514. [PMID: 25686728 PMCID: PMC4649670 DOI: 10.1038/srep08514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Faults in vascular (VN) and neuronal networks of spinal cord are responsible for serious neurodegenerative pathologies. Because of inadequate investigation tools, the lacking knowledge of the complete fine structure of VN and neuronal system represents a crucial problem. Conventional 2D imaging yields incomplete spatial coverage leading to possible data misinterpretation, whereas standard 3D computed tomography imaging achieves insufficient resolution and contrast. We show that X-ray high-resolution phase-contrast tomography allows the simultaneous visualization of three-dimensional VN and neuronal systems of ex-vivo mouse spinal cord at scales spanning from millimeters to hundreds of nanometers, with nor contrast agent nor sectioning and neither destructive sample-preparation. We image both the 3D distribution of micro-capillary network and the micrometric nerve fibers, axon-bundles and neuron soma. Our approach is very suitable for pre-clinical investigation of neurodegenerative pathologies and spinal-cord-injuries, in particular to resolve the entangled relationship between VN and neuronal system.
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- Michela Fratini
- 1] Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche Enrico Fermi, Piazza del Viminale 1, 00184 Roma, Italy [2] Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Via della Vasca Navale 84, I-00146 Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Physical and Chemical Process-CNR c/o Physics Department at 'Sapienza' University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Crystallography-CNR, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- 1] Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Via A. Valerio, 10, 34127 Trieste, Italy [2] Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A, S.S. 14 km 163.5 in Area Science Park - Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A, S.S. 14 km 163.5 in Area Science Park - Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland &Centre d'Imagerie BioMedicale, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed, Località Camerelle, 86077 Pozzilli, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova &AUO San Martino - IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Largo R. Benzi 10, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova &AUO San Martino - IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Largo R. Benzi 10, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38043 Grenoble, Cedex France
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- 1] Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche Enrico Fermi, Piazza del Viminale 1, 00184 Roma, Italy [2] Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 2, 00185 Roma - Italy
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38043 Grenoble, Cedex France
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- Institute for Physical and Chemical Process-CNR c/o Physics Department at 'Sapienza' University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Subnanoradian X-ray phase-contrast imaging using a far-field interferometer of nanometric phase gratings. Nat Commun 2014; 4:2659. [PMID: 24189696 PMCID: PMC3831282 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Accepted: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Hard X-ray phase-contrast imaging characterizes the electron density distribution in an object without the need for radiation absorption. The power of phase contrast to resolve subtle changes, such as those in soft tissue structures, lies in its ability to detect minute refractive bending of X-rays. Here we report a far-field, two-arm interferometer based on the new nanometric phase gratings, which can detect X-ray refraction with subnanoradian sensitivity, and at the same time overcomes the fundamental limitation of ultra-narrow bandwidths (Δλ/λ~10−4) of the current, most sensitive methods based on crystal interferometers. On a 1.5% bandwidth synchrotron source, we demonstrate clear visualization of blood vessels in unstained mouse organs in simple projection views, with over an order-of-magnitude higher phase contrast than current near-field grating interferometers. Phase-contrast imaging has become popular for medical diagnostic purposes because of the ability to see transparent structures at relatively small radiation energy dosed to samples. Wen et al. further develop this technique using nanometric phase gratings to achieve subnanoradian sensitivity.
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Nesterets YI. Quantitative evaluation of in-line x-ray phase contrast for a class of edge objects. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:5937-5949. [PMID: 24663931 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.005937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In order to quantify the effect of phase contrast on X-ray image formation, the theory of statistical decision making has been applied to a binary classification task between two signals known exactly, namely, a phase-contrast image (that combines both the absorption and phase contrast) and the corresponding hypothetical pure absorption image that would be obtained under the same imaging conditions but without diffraction/refraction effects. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for two widely used observers, including the ideal observer (also known as the prewhitening matched filter) and a non-ideal observer (the non-prewhitening matched filter) has been estimated in the case of in-line phase-contrast imaging, thus providing a figure-of-merit for the optimisation of the imaging conditions. A broad class of edge objects has been investigated and simple analytical expressions for the corresponding SNRs have been obtained and discussed.
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Diemoz PC, Endrizzi M, Bravin A, Robinson IK, Olivo A. Sensitivity of edge illumination X-ray phase-contrast imaging. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2014; 372:20130128. [PMID: 24470420 PMCID: PMC3900038 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Recently, we developed a theoretical model that can predict the signal-to-noise ratio for edge-like features in phase-contrast images. This model was then applied for the estimation of the sensitivity of three different X-ray phase-contrast techniques: propagation-based imaging, analyser-based imaging and grating interferometry. We show here how the same formalism can be used also in the case of the edge illumination (EI) technique, providing results that are consistent with those of a recently developed method for the estimation of noise in the retrieved refraction image. The new model is then applied to calculate, in the case of a given synchrotron radiation set-up, the optimum positions of the pre-sample aperture and detector edge to maximize the sensitivity. Finally, an example of the extremely high angular resolution achievable with the EI technique is presented.
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- P. C. Diemoz
- Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
- Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell Oxford Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble 38043, France
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- Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell Oxford Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK
- London Centre for Nanotechnology, London WC1H 0AH, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
- Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell Oxford Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK
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Marenzana M, Hagen CK, Borges PDN, Endrizzi M, Szafraniec MB, Vincent TL, Rigon L, Arfelli F, Menk RH, Olivo A. Synchrotron- and laboratory-based X-ray phase-contrast imaging for imaging mouse articular cartilage in the absence of radiopaque contrast agents. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2014; 372:20130127. [PMID: 24470419 PMCID: PMC3900037 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The mouse model of osteoarthritis (OA) has been recognized as the most promising research tool for the identification of new OA therapeutic targets. However, this model is currently limited by poor throughput, dependent on the extremely time-consuming histopathology assessment of the articular cartilage (AC). We have recently shown that AC in the rat tibia can be imaged both in air and in saline solution using a laboratory system based on coded-aperture X-ray phase-contrast imaging (CAXPCi). Here, we explore ways to extend the methodology for imaging the much thinner AC of the mouse, by means of gold-standard synchrotron-based phase-contrast methods. Specifically, we have used analyser-based phase-contrast micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) for its high sensitivity to faint phase changes, coupled with a high-resolution (4.5 μm pixel) detector. Healthy, diseased (four weeks post induction of OA) and artificially damaged mouse AC was imaged at the Elettra synchrotron in Trieste, Italy, using the above method. For validation, we used conventional micro-CT combined with radiopaque soft-tissue staining and standard histomorphometry. We show that mouse cartilage can be visualized correctly by means of the synchrotron method. This suggests that: (i) further developments of the laboratory-based CAXPCi system, especially in terms of pushing the resolution limits, might have the potential to resolve mouse AC ex vivo and (ii) additional improvements may lead to a new generation of CAXPCi micro-CT scanners which could be used for in vivo longitudinal pre-clinical imaging of soft tissue at resolutions impossible to achieve by current MRI technology.
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- Massimo Marenzana
- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7HE, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7HE, UK
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università degli Studi di Trieste, Via Valerio 2, Trieste 34100, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università degli Studi di Trieste, Via Valerio 2, Trieste 34100, Italy
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- Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, Strada Statale, Basovizza, Trieste 34149, Italy
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- Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Wilkins SW, Nesterets YI, Gureyev TE, Mayo SC, Pogany A, Stevenson AW. On the evolution and relative merits of hard X-ray phase-contrast imaging methods. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2014; 372:20130021. [PMID: 24470408 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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This review provides a brief overview, albeit from a somewhat personal perspective, of the evolution and key features of various hard X-ray phase-contrast imaging (PCI) methods of current interest in connection with translation to a wide range of imaging applications. Although such methods have already found wide-ranging applications using synchrotron sources, application to dynamic studies in a laboratory/clinical context, for example for in vivo imaging, has been slow due to the current limitations in the brilliance of compact laboratory sources and the availability of suitable high-performance X-ray detectors. On the theoretical side, promising new PCI methods are evolving which can record both components of the phase gradient in a single exposure and which can accept a relatively large spectral bandpass. In order to help to identify the most promising paths forward, we make some suggestions as to how the various PCI methods might be compared for performance with a particular view to identifying those which are the most efficient, given the fact that source performance is currently a key limiting factor on the improved performance and applicability of PCI systems, especially in the context of dynamic sample studies. The rapid ongoing development of both suitable improved sources and detectors gives strong encouragement to the view that hard X-ray PCI methods are poised for improved performance and an even wider range of applications in the near future.
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- S W Wilkins
- CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, PB33, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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Thuering T, Stampanoni M. Performance and optimization of X-ray grating interferometry. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2014; 372:20130027. [PMID: 24470411 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The monochromatic and polychromatic performance of a grating interferometer is theoretically analysed. The smallest detectable refraction angle is used as a metric for the efficiency in acquiring a differential phase-contrast image. Analytical formulae for the visibility and the smallest detectable refraction angle are derived for Talbot-type and Talbot-Lau-type interferometers, respectively, providing a framework for the optimization of the geometry. The polychromatic performance of a grating interferometer is investigated analytically by calculating the energy-dependent interference fringe visibility, the spectral acceptance and the polychromatic interference fringe visibility. The optimization of grating interferometry is a crucial step for the design of application-specific systems with maximum performance.
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- T Thuering
- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, , Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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Hesse B, Langer M, Varga P, Pacureanu A, Dong P, Schrof S, Männicke N, Suhonen H, Olivier C, Maurer P, Kazakia GJ, Raum K, Peyrin F. Alterations of mass density and 3D osteocyte lacunar properties in bisphosphonate-related osteonecrotic human jaw bone, a synchrotron µCT study. PLoS One 2014; 9:e88481. [PMID: 24586331 PMCID: PMC3931622 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2013] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Osteonecrosis of the jaw, in association with bisphosphonates (BRONJ) used for treating osteoporosis or cancer, is a severe and most often irreversible side effect whose underlying pathophysiological mechanisms remain largely unknown. Osteocytes are involved in bone remodeling and mineralization where they orchestrate the delicate equilibrium between osteoclast and osteoblast activity and through the active process called osteocytic osteolysis. Here, we hypothesized that (i) changes of the mineralized tissue matrix play a substantial role in the pathogenesis of BRONJ, and (ii) the osteocyte lacunar morphology is altered in BRONJ. Synchrotron µCT with phase contrast is an appropriate tool for assessing both the 3D morphology of the osteocyte lacunae and the bone matrix mass density. Here, we used this technique to investigate the mass density distribution and 3D osteocyte lacunar properties at the sub-micrometer scale in human bone samples from the jaw, femur and tibia. First, we compared healthy human jaw bone to human tibia and femur in order to assess the specific differences and address potential explanations of why the jaw bone is exclusively targeted by the necrosis as a side effect of BP treatment. Second, we investigated the differences between BRONJ and control jaw bone samples to detect potential differences which could aid an improved understanding of the course of BRONJ. We found that the apparent mass density of jaw bone was significantly smaller compared to that of tibia, consistent with a higher bone turnover in the jaw bone. The variance of the lacunar volume distribution was significantly different depending on the anatomical site. The comparison between BRONJ and control jaw specimens revealed no significant increase in mineralization after BP. We found a significant decrease in osteocyte-lacunar density in the BRONJ group compared to the control jaw. Interestingly, the osteocyte-lacunar volume distribution was not altered after BP treatment.
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- Bernhard Hesse
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
- Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies & Julius Wolff Institut, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
- Université de Lyon, CREATIS, CNRS UMR5220, INSA-Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies & Julius Wolff Institut, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
- Université de Lyon, CREATIS, CNRS UMR5220, INSA-Lyon, Lyon, France
- Centre for Image Analysis and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
- Université de Lyon, CREATIS, CNRS UMR5220, INSA-Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies & Julius Wolff Institut, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies & Julius Wolff Institut, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
- Université de Lyon, CREATIS, CNRS UMR5220, INSA-Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Klinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Klinikum Bremerhaven-Reinkenheide, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies & Julius Wolff Institut, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
- Université de Lyon, CREATIS, CNRS UMR5220, INSA-Lyon, Lyon, France
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Zhou T, Lundström U, Thüring T, Rutishauser S, Larsson DH, Stampanoni M, David C, Hertz HM, Burvall A. Comparison of two x-ray phase-contrast imaging methods with a microfocus source. OPTICS EXPRESS 2013; 21:30183-30195. [PMID: 24514597 DOI: 10.1364/oe.21.030183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We present a comparison for high-resolution imaging with a laboratory source between grating-based (GBI) and propagation-based (PBI) x-ray phase-contrast imaging. The comparison is done through simulations and experiments using a liquid-metal-jet x-ray microfocus source. Radiation doses required for detection in projection images are simulated as a function of the diameter of a cylindrical sample. Using monochromatic radiation, simulations show a lower dose requirement for PBI for small object features and a lower dose for GBI for larger object features. Using polychromatic radiation, such as that from a laboratory microfocus source, experiments and simulations show a lower dose requirement for PBI for a large range of feature sizes. Tested on a biological sample, GBI shows higher noise levels than PBI, but its advantage of quantitative refractive index reconstruction for multi-material samples becomes apparent.
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Rositi H, Frindel C, Langer M, Wiart M, Olivier C, Peyrin F, Rousseau D. Information-based analysis of X-ray in-line phase tomography with application to the detection of iron oxide nanoparticles in the brain. OPTICS EXPRESS 2013; 21:27185-27196. [PMID: 24216942 DOI: 10.1364/oe.21.027185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The study analyzes noise in X-ray in-line phase tomography in a biomedical context. The impact of noise on detection of iron oxide nanoparticles in mouse brain is assessed. The part of the noise due to the imaging system and the part due to biology are quantitatively expressed in a Neyman Pearson detection strategy with two models of noise. This represents a practical extension of previous work on noise in phase-contrast X-ray imaging which focused on the theoretical expression of the signal-to-noise ratio in mono-dimensional phantoms, taking account of the statistical noise of the imaging system only. We also report the impact of the phase retrieval step on detection performance. Taken together, this constitutes a general methodology of practical interest for quantitative extraction of information from X-ray in-line phase tomography, and is also relevant to assessment of contrast agents with a blob-like signature in high resolution imaging.
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Diemoz PC, Endrizzi M, Zapata CE, Pešić ZD, Rau C, Bravin A, Robinson IK, Olivo A. X-ray phase-contrast imaging with nanoradian angular resolution. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 110:138105. [PMID: 23581380 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.138105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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We present a new quantitative x-ray phase-contrast imaging method based on the edge illumination principle, which allows achieving unprecedented nanoradian sensitivity. The extremely high angular resolution is demonstrated theoretically and through experimental images obtained at two different synchrotron radiation facilities. The results, achieved at both very high and very low x-ray energies, show that this highly sensitive technique can be efficiently exploited over a very broad range of experimental conditions. This method can open the way to new, previously inaccessible scientific applications in various fields including biology, medicine and materials science.
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- P C Diemoz
- Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, UCL, WC1E 6BT London, United Kingdom
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Bravin A, Coan P, Suortti P. X-ray phase-contrast imaging: from pre-clinical applications towards clinics. Phys Med Biol 2012; 58:R1-35. [PMID: 23220766 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/1/r1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 379] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Phase-contrast x-ray imaging (PCI) is an innovative method that is sensitive to the refraction of the x-rays in matter. PCI is particularly adapted to visualize weakly absorbing details like those often encountered in biology and medicine. In past years, PCI has become one of the most used imaging methods in laboratory and preclinical studies: its unique characteristics allow high contrast 3D visualization of thick and complex samples even at high spatial resolution. Applications have covered a wide range of pathologies and organs, and are more and more often performed in vivo. Several techniques are now available to exploit and visualize the phase-contrast: propagation- and analyzer-based, crystal and grating interferometry and non-interferometric methods like the coded aperture. In this review, covering the last five years, we will give an overview of the main theoretical and experimental developments and of the important steps performed towards the clinical implementation of PCI.
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- Alberto Bravin
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 rue Horowitz, 38043 Grenoble Cedex, France.
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