Dark-field phase contrast imaging
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1. An imaging system comprising:
- a radiation generator that generates a beam of penetrating radiation along a first direction;
an object that receives said beam of penetrating radiation, wherein a first portion of said beam of penetrating radiation is transmitted through said object along said first direction and a second portion of said beam of penetrating radiation is refracted along a second direction;
an analyzer that receives said first and second portions of said beam of penetrating radiation, said analyzer suppresses the intensity of said first portion of said beam of penetrating radiation and transmits said second portion of said beam of penetrating radiation; and
a detector system that receives from said analyzer said suppressed first portion of said beam of penetrating radiation and said transmitted second portion of said beam of penetrating radiation and generates an image of said object.
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A method of imaging an object that includes subjecting an object to a beam of radiation that is directed along a first direction and analyzing a first portion of the beam of radiation that is transmitted through the object along the first direction so that the intensity of the first portion is suppressed. Analyzing a second portion of the beam of radiation that is refracted from the object. Generating an image of the object based on the suppressed first portion of the beam of radiation and the second portion of the beam of radiation.
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1. An imaging system comprising:
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a radiation generator that generates a beam of penetrating radiation along a first direction;
an object that receives said beam of penetrating radiation, wherein a first portion of said beam of penetrating radiation is transmitted through said object along said first direction and a second portion of said beam of penetrating radiation is refracted along a second direction;
an analyzer that receives said first and second portions of said beam of penetrating radiation, said analyzer suppresses the intensity of said first portion of said beam of penetrating radiation and transmits said second portion of said beam of penetrating radiation; and
a detector system that receives from said analyzer said suppressed first portion of said beam of penetrating radiation and said transmitted second portion of said beam of penetrating radiation and generates an image of said object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of imaging an object, comprising:
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subjecting an object to a beam of penetrating radiation that is directed along a first direction;
analyzing a first portion of said beam of penetrating radiation that is transmitted through said object so that the intensity of said first portion is suppressed;
analyzing a second portion of said beam of penetrating radiation that is refracted from said object;
generating an image of said object based on said suppressed first portion of said beam of penetrating radiation and said second portion of said beam of penetrating radiation. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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