Tomography of dark-field scatter including single-exposure Moiré fringe analysis with X-ray biprism interferometry-A simulation study.
2021
PURPOSE In this work, we present tomographic simulations of a new hardware concept for X-ray phase-contrast interferometry wherein the phase gratings are replaced with an array of Fresnel biprisms, and Moire fringe analysis is used instead of "phase stepping" popular with grating-based setups. METHODS Projections of a phantom consisting of four layers of parallel carbon microfibers is simulated using wave optics representation of X-ray electromagnetic waves. Simulated projections of a phantom with preferential scatter perpendicular to the direction of the fibers are performed to analyze the extraction of small-angle scatter from dark-field projections for the following: (1) biprism interferometry using Moire fringe analysis; (2) grating interferometry using phase stepping with eight grating steps; and (3) grating interferometry using Moire fringe analysis. Dark-field projections are modeled as projections of voxel intensities represented by a fixed finite vector basis set of scattering directions. An iterative MLEM algorithm is used to reconstruct, from simulated projection data, the coefficients of a fixed set of seven basis vectors at each voxel representing the small-angle scatter distribution. RESULTS Results of reconstructed vector coefficients are shown comparing the three simulated imaging configurations. The single-exposure Moire fringe analysis shows not only an increase in noise because of one-eighth the number of projection samples but also is obtained with less dose and faster acquisition times. Furthermore, replacing grating interferometry with biprism interferometry provides better contrast-to-noise. CONCLUSION The simulations demonstrate the feasibility of the reconstruction of dark-field data acquired with a biprism interferometry system. With the potential of higher fringe visibility, biprism interferometry with Moire fringe analysis might provide equal or better image quality to that of phase stepping methods with less imaging time and lower dose.
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