X-ray Tomography with Fast Three-Dimensional Phase Retrieval

Title
X-ray Tomography with Fast Three-Dimensional Phase Retrieval
Publication Date
2024-02-18
Author(s)
Thompson, Darren
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1935-6651
Email: dthomp43@myune.edu.au
UNE Id #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#
Bosi, Stephen
Gureyev, Timur
( supervisor )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1103-0649
Email: tgureyev@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:tgureyev
Nesterets, Yakov
Pavlov, Konstantin
( supervisor )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1756-4406
Email: kpavlov@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:kpavlov
Abstract
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Type of document
Thesis Doctoral
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
University of New England
Place of publication
Armidale, Australia
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/60264
Abstract

This thesis presents two novel three-dimensional (3D) phase-retrieval methods for propagation-based X-ray phase-contrast tomography (PB-CT). The first method uses the homogeneous form of the transport-of-intensity equation (TIE-Hom). The second method employs the contrast-transfer-function (CTF) formalism, which is further extended to the cases of partially-coherent illumination and strongly absorbing samples. Unlike conventional PB-CT that performs phase retrieval on individual projections, these post-reconstruction phase-retrieval methods are applied in 3D. Simulated results demonstrate that the proposed methods are fast and stable, producing results equivalent to conventional pre-reconstruction TIE and CTF phase retrieval. Moreover, the post-reconstruction methods can be highly localised to isolated objects of interest, without a significant loss of quality, thus leading to increased computational efficiency.

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