Four-dimensional X-ray phase tomography with Talbot interferometry and white synchrotron radiation: dynamic observation of a living worm

Opt Express. 2011 Apr 25;19(9):8423-32. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.008423.

Abstract

X-ray Talbot interferometry is attractive as a method for X-ray phase imaging and phase tomography for objects that weakly absorb X-rays. Because X-ray Talbot interferometry has the advantage that X-rays of a broad energy bandwidth can be used, high-speed X-ray phase imaging is possible with white synchrotron radiation. In this paper, we demonstrate time-resolved three-dimensional observation with X-ray Talbot interferometry (namely, four-dimensional X-ray phase tomography). Differential phase images, from which a phase tomogram was reconstructed, were obtained through the Fourier-transform method, unlike the phase-stepping method that requires several (at least three) moiré images to be measured sequentially in order to generate one differential phase image. We demonstrate dynamic observation of a living worm in three dimensions with a time resolution of 0.5 s, visualizing a drastic change in the respiratory tract.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Annelida / anatomy & histology*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / instrumentation*
  • Interferometry / instrumentation*
  • Microscopy, Phase-Contrast / instrumentation*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Synchrotrons / instrumentation*
  • Tomography, X-Ray / instrumentation*