Collimation-enhanced micro-radiography in real-time
Highly collimated synchrotron sources are the essential ingredient of novel radiology and micro-radiology techniques for materials science. medicine and biology-with contrast based on the refractive index rather than on absorption. We were able to implement a real-time version of such techniques. Successful test studies included thin-foil breaking and electrodeposition processes in the areas concerning materials properties. Meanwhile. extensive effort was dedicated to obtain high-quality X-ray images of live specimens on a microscopic scale and in real time. These tests achieved a lateral resolution better than 2 mum and a time per image of 10 ms, with clear potential for further improvements. The images revealed in great detail moving parts of different specimens. opening the way to a wide variety of applications in the life sciences, medicine and materials science. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
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Acad Sinica, Inst Phys, Taipei 11529, Taiwan. Pohang Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Pohang, South Korea. Yonsei Univ, Coll Med, Med Res Ctr, Seoul, South Korea. Yonsei Univ, Coll Med, Dept Radiol, Seoul, South Korea. Argonne Natl Lab, Adv Photon Source, Argonne, IL USA. Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, Inst Phys Appl, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. Hwu, Y, Acad Sinica, Inst Phys, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
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