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Optimization based evaluation of grating interferometric phase stepping series and analysis of mechanical setup instabilities
Please always quote using this URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-197723
- The diffraction contrast modalities accessible by X-ray grating interferometers are not imaged directly but have to be inferred from sine-like signal variations occurring in a series of images acquired at varying relative positions of the interferometer’s gratings. The absolute spatial translations involved in the acquisition of these phase stepping series usually lie in the range of only a few hundred nanometers, wherefore positioning errors as small as 10 nm will already translate into signal uncertainties of 1–10% in the final images if notThe diffraction contrast modalities accessible by X-ray grating interferometers are not imaged directly but have to be inferred from sine-like signal variations occurring in a series of images acquired at varying relative positions of the interferometer’s gratings. The absolute spatial translations involved in the acquisition of these phase stepping series usually lie in the range of only a few hundred nanometers, wherefore positioning errors as small as 10 nm will already translate into signal uncertainties of 1–10% in the final images if not accounted for. Classically, the relative grating positions in the phase stepping series are considered input parameters to the analysis and are, for the Fast Fourier Transform that is typically employed, required to be equidistantly distributed over multiples of the gratings’ period. In the following, a fast converging optimization scheme is presented simultaneously determining the phase stepping curves’ parameters as well as the actually performed motions of the stepped grating, including also erroneous rotational motions which are commonly neglected. While the correction of solely the translational errors along the stepping direction is found to be sufficient with regard to the reduction of image artifacts, the possibility to also detect minute rotations about all axes proves to be a valuable tool for system calibration and monitoring. The simplicity of the provided algorithm, in particular when only considering translational errors, makes it well suitable as a standard evaluation procedure also for large image series.…
Author: | Jonas Dittmann, Andreas Balles, Simon Zabler |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-197723 |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Faculties: | Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie / Physikalisches Institut |
Language: | English |
Parent Title (English): | Journal of Imaging |
ISSN: | 2313-433X |
Year of Completion: | 2018 |
Volume: | 4 |
Issue: | 6 |
Pagenumber: | 77 |
Source: | Journal of Imaging 2018, 4(6), 77; https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging4060077 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging4060077 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 50 Naturwissenschaften / 502 Verschiedenes |
5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie | |
Tag: | Talbot–Lau interferometer; X-ray imaging; darkfield imaging; grating interferometer; optimization; phase contrast imaging; phase stepping |
Release Date: | 2020/04/20 |
Date of first Publication: | 2018/06/07 |
Licence (German): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International |