In-Line Phase-Contrast X-ray Imaging and Tomography for Materials Science
AbstractX-ray phase-contrast imaging and tomography make use of the refraction of X-rays by the sample in image formation. This provides considerable additional information in the image compared to conventional X-ray imaging methods, which rely solely on X-ray absorption by the sample. Phase-contrast imaging highlights edges and internal boundaries of a sample and is thus complementary to absorption contrast, which is more sensitive to the bulk of the sample. Phase-contrast can also be used to image low-density materials, which do not absorb X-rays sufficiently to form a conventional X-ray image. In the context of materials science, X-ray phase-contrast imaging and tomography have particular value in the 2D and 3D characterization of low-density materials, the detection of cracks and voids and the analysis of composites and multiphase materials where the different components have similar X-ray attenuation coefficients. Here we review the use of phase-contrast imaging and tomography for a wide variety of materials science characterization problems using both synchrotron and laboratory sources and further demonstrate the particular benefits of phase contrast in the laboratory setting with a series of case studies.
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Mayo, S.C.; Stevenson, A.W.; Wilkins, S.W. In-Line Phase-Contrast X-ray Imaging and Tomography for Materials Science. Materials 2012, 5, 937-965.
Mayo SC, Stevenson AW, Wilkins SW. In-Line Phase-Contrast X-ray Imaging and Tomography for Materials Science. Materials. 2012; 5(5):937-965.Chicago/Turabian Style
Mayo, Sheridan C.; Stevenson, Andrew W.; Wilkins, Stephen W. 2012. "In-Line Phase-Contrast X-ray Imaging and Tomography for Materials Science." Materials 5, no. 5: 937-965.