Quantitative X-ray phase contrast computed tomography with grating interferometry : Biomedical applications of quantitative X-ray grating-based phase contrast computed tomography

Lorenz Birnbacher, Eva-Maria Braig, Daniela Pfeiffer, Franz Pfeiffer, Julia Herzen
2021 European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging  
The ability of biomedical imaging data to be of quantitative nature is getting increasingly important with the ongoing developments in data science. In contrast to conventional attenuation-based X-ray imaging, grating-based phase contrast computed tomography (GBPC-CT) is a phase contrast micro-CT imaging technique that can provide high soft tissue contrast at high spatial resolution. While there is a variety of different phase contrast imaging techniques, GBPC-CT can be applied with laboratory
more » ... -ray sources and enables quantitative determination of electron density and effective atomic number. In this review article, we present quantitative GBPC-CT with the focus on biomedical applications.
doi:10.1007/s00259-021-05259-6 pmid:33846846 pmcid:PMC8566444 fatcat:ivhjpvcln5f35by7ezefcopv2e