Diffraction enhanced imaging method using a line x-ray source
First Claim
1. A method for detecting an image of an object with an x-ray beam, the method comprising:
- diffracting the x-ray beam using non-matching monochromator crystals;
transmitting the x-ray beam through the object;
directing the transmitted x-ray beam at an angle of incidence upon a crystal analyzer;
detecting a first image of the object from a diffracted beam emitted from the crystal analyzer at a first angular position of the crystal analyzer;
detecting a second image of the object from a diffracted beam emitted from the crystal analyzer at a second angular position of the crystal analyzer; and
combining the first and second images to derive an enhanced image.
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Abstract
A method for detecting an enhanced image of an object by independently analyzing, detecting, digitizing, and combining images acquired on a high and a low angle side of a rocking curve of a crystal analyzer. An x-ray beam generated by a line x-ray source is collimated by a crystal monochromator including two non-matching crystals to form an x-ray area beam. The x-ray area beam is transmitted through an object to be imaged and onto an image detector and the image is digitized. The digitized images are simultaneously solved, preferably on a pixel-by-pixel basis, to derive an enhanced image which has dramatically improved contrast and spatial resolution over an image acquired through conventional radiology methods.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for detecting an image of an object with an x-ray beam, the method comprising:
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diffracting the x-ray beam using non-matching monochromator crystals;
transmitting the x-ray beam through the object;
directing the transmitted x-ray beam at an angle of incidence upon a crystal analyzer;
detecting a first image of the object from a diffracted beam emitted from the crystal analyzer at a first angular position of the crystal analyzer;
detecting a second image of the object from a diffracted beam emitted from the crystal analyzer at a second angular position of the crystal analyzer; and
combining the first and second images to derive an enhanced image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for detecting an image of an object, wherein an x-ray beam is generated, the method comprising:
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generating an x-ray beam from a line x-ray source;
diffracting the x-ray beam using non-matching monochromator crystals to produce an area x-ray beam;
transmitting the area x-ray beam through the object and emitting from the object a transmitted beam;
directing the transmitted beam at an angle of incidence upon a crystal analyzer;
detecting a first area image of the object from a diffracted beam emitted from the crystal analyzer at a low rocking curve angle setting of the crystal analyzer;
detecting a second area image of the object from a diffracted beam emitted from the crystal analyzer at a high rocking curve angle setting of the crystal analyzer; and
combining the first area image and the second area image to derive an enhanced area image. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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