Date of Award

1-1-2018

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Physics

Content Description

1 online resource (ii, vi, 99 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Carolyn MacDonald

Committee Members

Carolyn MacDonald, Ariel Caticha, Alexander Khmaladze, Danhong Li, Jonathan Petruccelli

Keywords

diffraction enhanced imaging, mesh-based X-ray imaging, polycapillary optic, X-ray phase imaging, X-rays, Phase-contrast microscopy, Contrast media (Diagnostic imaging), Diagnostic imaging, Fourier transform optics

Subject Categories

Physics

Abstract

More than a hundred years have passed since X-rays were detected by Wilhelm Rontgen. Due to their properties, they soon became widely applied in many areas, especially medical imaging. Recently, many new X-ray imaging techniques were designed, including phase imaging and diffraction enhanced imaging, DEI.

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