Large-Area Phase-Contrast X-ray Imaging System Using a Two-Crystal X-ray Interferometer—Development of an Interference-Pattern-Based Feedback Positioning System
Author(s) -
Akio Yoneyama
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
aip conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1551-7616
pISSN - 0094-243X
DOI - 10.1063/1.1758039
Subject(s) - interference (communication) , interferometry , optics , phase (matter) , signal (programming language) , physics , crystal (programming language) , rotation (mathematics) , contrast (vision) , beam (structure) , signal beam , materials science , computer science , computer vision , telecommunications , channel (broadcasting) , quantum mechanics , programming language
To more accurately suppress the phase fluctuation of the interference beams of a large-area phase-contrast X-ray imaging system using a two-crystal X-ray interferometer, a new feedback positioning system (FPS) has been developed and applied. The motion of interference patterns replaces the intensity of the interference beam in a small region as the feedback signal used in controlling the rotation of crystal blocks relative to each other. This FPS kept the phase fluctuation of the interference beams within pi/15 over more than six hours. Examples of high-quality two and three-dimensional images of biological samples obtained by the imaging system with the new FPS are given
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