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How to correct beam hardening effects in dual phase grating interferometry?
Researchers at the X-ray tomography group have expanded the theoretical understanding of dual phase grating interferometry with polychromatic sources. As a result, beam hardening effects can be corrected and a real space correlation function of a sample can be retrieved in dark-field imaging. These are significant steps towards application of the method for the quantitative investigation of microstructures of materials and devices using dual phase grating interferometry. The results of the work were published in Optics Express on June 12, 2020.
Rapid 3D directional small-angle scattering imaging achieved at TOMCAT
Researchers from the TOMCAT beamline have developed a small-angle scattering tensor tomography method to visualize microscopic features within a macroscopic field of view with unprecedented data acquisition speed. The results of the study were published in Applied Physics Letters on April 1, 2020.
SNF funds dynamic X-ray imaging of the human auditory system in motion
In collaboration with clinicians from the Inselspital and engineers of the University Hospital of Bern, the X-Ray Tomography Group will be part of a new SNF project entitled “The Human Auditory System in Motion: Direct Observation of the Microfunction of Sound Transmission using Dynamic Phase-contrast X-ray Imaging”.
Towards dynamic feedback control during time-resolved CT at TOMCAT
Researchers from the CWI in Amsterdam and the TOMCAT beamline have developed and implemented a real-time CT reconstruction, visualisation, and on-the-fly analysis approach to monitor dynamic processes as they occur. With the processing of multiple sets of CT slices per second, this represents the next crucial step towards adaptive feedback control of time-resolved in situ tomographic experiments. The results of this study were published in Scientific Reports on December 5, 2019.
The X-ray Tomography Group welcomes Dr. Nazanin Samadi as Post Doc
Dr. Nazanin Samadi will help develop tools for comprehensive simulation of tomography beamline design and will contribute in the technical design report of the future TOMCAT 2.0 beamline upgrade. Before joining the group, she was a PhD student at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada.
Dr. Anne Bonnin got tenured
Congratulations to Dr. Anne Bonnin for having been tenured. Anne spent 2 years of post-doc and 4 years as beamline scientist at TOMCAT.
Dr. Jinqiu Xu joins the X-ray Tomography Group as Post Doc
Dr. Jinqiu Xu will work with the team developing X-ray phase contrast CT for breast cancer diagnosis. Before coming to PSI, she worked on CT reconstruction from incomplete data at Capital Normal University (Beijing, China).
Towards clinical grating-interferometry mammography
The team of X-ray tomography group has developed the word-first clinical grating-interferometry mammography system in collaboration with Philips Research Hamburg, Kantonsspital Baden and Universitätspital Zurich. The novel imaging method shines a light on more accurate breast cancer detection. The prototype is installed at Universitätspital Zurich for clinical trial.
TOMCAT team hikes the UNESCO World Heritage Site Tectonic Arena Sardona
As summer tradition TOMCAT hikes in the Alps to enjoy fresh mountain air and have fun in each other's company. This year the TOMCAT team hikes in the UNESCO World Heritage Site Tectonic Arena Sardona.