Open AccessDevelopment of an X‐ray real‐time stereo imaging technique using synchrotron radiation
Author(s) -
Hoshino Masato,
Uesugi Kentaro,
Pearson James,
Sonobe Takashi,
Shirai Mikiyasu,
Yagi Naoto
Publication year - 2011
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/s0909049511017547
Subject(s) - optics , synchrotron radiation , physics , beam (structure) , synchrotron , x ray , spring 8 , stereo imaging , frame rate , intersection (aeronautics) , sample (material) , materials science , beamline , engineering , thermodynamics , aerospace engineering
An X‐ray stereo imaging system with synchrotron radiation was developed at BL20B2, SPring‐8. A portion of a wide X‐ray beam was Bragg‐reflected by a silicon crystal to produce an X‐ray beam which intersects with the direct X‐ray beam. Samples were placed at the intersection point of the two beam paths. X‐ray stereo images were recorded simultaneously by a detector with a large field of view placed close to the sample. A three‐dimensional wire‐frame model of a sample was created from the depth information that was obtained from the lateral positions in the stereo image. X‐ray stereo angiography of a mouse femoral region was performed as a demonstration of real‐time stereo imaging. Three‐dimensional arrangements of the femur and blood vessels were obtained.