Open AccessFirst experiments on the Australian Synchrotron Imaging and Medical beamline, including investigations of the effective source size in respect of X‐ray imaging
Author(s) -
Stevenson Andrew W.,
Mayo Sheridan C.,
Häusermann Daniel,
Maksimenko Anton,
Garrett Richard F.,
Hall Christopher J.,
Wilkins Stephen W.,
Lewis Robert A.,
Myers Damian E.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s0909049509041788
Subject(s) - beamline , synchrotron , synchrotron radiation , medical imaging , advanced photon source , optics , medical physics , x ray , materials science , physics , medicine , radiology , beam (structure)
The Imaging and Medical beamline at the Australian Synchrotron achieved `first light' in December 2008. Here, the first experiments performed on the beamline are reported, which involved both X‐ray imaging and tomography studies for a range of samples. The use of a plastic‐edge phantom for quantitative measurements of contrast and resolution proved to be very instructive and helped to confirm certain parameter values such as the effective horizontal source size, detector resolution and average X‐ray energy for the polychromatic beam.