Small animal lung imaging with an in-line X-ray phase contrast benchtop system

A. B. Garson III; S. Gunsten; H. Guan; S. Vasireddi; S. Brody; M. A. Anastasio

doi:10.1117/12.2082898

18 March 2015 Small animal lung imaging with an in-line X-ray phase contrast benchtop system

A. B. Garson III, S. Gunsten, H. Guan, S. Vasireddi, S. Brody, M. A. Anastasio

Proceedings Volume 9412, Medical Imaging 2015: Physics of Medical Imaging; 94120L (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2082898
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2015, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

We present the results from a benchtop X-ray phase-contrast (XPC) method for lung imaging that represents a paradigm shift in the way small animal lung imaging is performed. In our method, information regarding airway microstructure that is encoded within speckle texture of a single XPC radiograph is decoded to spatially resolve changes in lung properties such as microstructure sizes, air volumes, and compliance, to name a few. Such functional information cannot be derived from conventional lung radiography or any other 2D imaging modality. By computing these images at different time points within a breathing cycle, dynamic functional imaging can be potentially achieved without the need for tomography.

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A. B. Garson III, S. Gunsten, H. Guan, S. Vasireddi, S. Brody, and M. A. Anastasio "Small animal lung imaging with an in-line X-ray phase contrast benchtop system", Proc. SPIE 9412, Medical Imaging 2015: Physics of Medical Imaging, 94120L (18 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2082898

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