Tomography with grating interferometers at low-brilliance sources

Timm Weitkamp, Christian David, Christian Kottler, Oliver Bunk, Franz Pfeiffer

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Abstract

The coherence requirements for efficient operation of an X-ray grating interferometer are discussed. It is shown how a Talbot-Lau geometry, in which an array of equidistant secondary sources is used, can be used to decouple fringe visibility in the interferometer (and thus, its efficiency) from the total size of the X-ray source. This principle can be used for phase-contrast radiography and tomography with sources of low brilliance, such as X-ray tubes. X-ray tomography, phase contrast, coherence, Talbot interferometer, Talbot-Lau interferometer,.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDevelopments in X-Ray Tomography V
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
EventDevelopments in X-Ray Tomography V - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: 15 Aug 200617 Aug 2006

Publication series

NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume6318
ISSN (Print)1605-7422

Conference

ConferenceDevelopments in X-Ray Tomography V
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period15/08/0617/08/06

Keywords

  • Microtomography
  • Phase reconstruction
  • Phase-stepping interferometry
  • Synchrotron radiation

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