The Study of Phase Information Extraction and Fusion Based on Diffraction Enhanced Imaging[J]. Journal of Image and Graphics, 2008, 13(8): 1623-1628. DOI: 10.11834/jig.20080838.
The Study of Phase Information Extraction and Fusion Based on Diffraction Enhanced Imaging
Diffraction enhanced imaging (DEI) is a powerful phase sensitive technique that generates improved contrast of soft tissues compared to conventional radiography
and it can allow the visualization of nearly scatter free images displaying both absorption and refraction properties. Multiple image radiography (MIR) is a significant improvement over DEI based on a statistical analysis. MIR is more robust to noise and produces an additional image that depicts ultra small angle X ray scattering (USAXS)
and the USAXS image conveys the presence of microstructure in the object. Therefore
MIR simultaneously produces three images
depicting separately the effects of absorption
refraction and ultra small angle scattering of X rays. Furthermore
the absorption
USAXS and refraction images can be fused together and several kinds of information can be integrated in one image. In this work
three MIR images of biological samples are obtained and fused together
and the results show that MIR images can clearly display the inner details and structures of biological samples.