Title: Phase contrast X-ray imaging

Authors: Byung Mook Weon, Jung Ho Je, Yeukuang Hwu, Giorgio Margaritondo

Addresses: Biomedical Imaging Center, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790-784, Korea. ' Biomedical Imaging Center, I-BIO Program, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790-784, Korea. ' Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan. ' Institut de Physique des Nanostructures, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

Abstract: In the last decade X-ray imaging based on phase contrast greatly advanced thanks to the use of unmonochromatic synchrotron hard X-rays. The recent advances are going beyond microradiology and microtomography to reach nanometre scale. This paper reviews basic theory and selected applications to biomedical and materials sciences. The forthcoming improvements in phase contrast X-ray imaging will lead to even better imaging of many different phenomena at nanometre level.

Keywords: X-ray imaging; phase contrast; hard X-ray; unmonochromatic beam; microradiology; microtomography; nanoradiology; nanotechnology; Korea; biomedical science; materials science; nanometre range; nanoscience.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2006.009584

International Journal of Nanotechnology, 2006 Vol.3 No.2/3, pp.280 - 297

Published online: 01 May 2006 *

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