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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Guo, Peiyuana; b | Wang, Zhentiana; b | Wu, Chengpenga; b | Zhu, Xiaohuaa; b | Zhang, Lia; b; *
Affiliations: [a] Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China | [b] Key Laboratory of Particle & Radiation Imaging (Tsinghua University) of Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Li Zhang, Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing, China. E-mail: zli@tsinghua.edu.cn.
Abstract: BACKGROUND:X-ray grating interferometry normally requires multiple steps and exposures, causing a prolonged imaging time. There is motivation to use fewer steps to reduce scanning time and complexity, while keeping fidelity of the retrieved signals. OBJECTIVE:We propose an iterative signal retrieval method, extracting attenuation, dark field contrast (DFC), and differential phase contrast (DPC) signals from two X-ray exposures. METHODS:Two shots were captured at G2 grating positions with difference of 1/4 grating period. The algorithm consists of two stages. At the first stage, amplitude of sample phase stepping curve retrieved by virtual phase stepping (VPS) method, visibility and local phase of background phase stepping curve are used to limit the results to the proximity of the ground truth. After the second stage, three high-quality parameters, amplitude, visibility, and local phase, are retrieved through finetuning, and three signals are calculated. Simulated and real-sample experiments were conducted to validate this method. RESULTS:We used standard phase stepping result as benchmark and calculated structural similarity (SSIM) and peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) between benchmark and parameters retrieved by our dual-shot method and virtual phase stepping (VPS) method. For both simulated and real-sample experiments, the SSIM and PSNR value of dual-shot method are higher than those of VPS method. For real-sample method, we also conducted a three-step PS, and the SSIM and PSNR value of dual-shot method are slightly lower than those of three-step PS. CONCLUSION:Using our dual-shot method demonstrates higher performance than other single-shot method in retrieving high-quality signals, and it also reduces radiation dose and time.
Keywords: Grating interferometry, signal retrieval, medical imaging
DOI: 10.3233/XST-221162
Journal: Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 891-901, 2022
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