Diffraction-enhanced imaging with synchrotron radiation X-ray for liver

Abstract

To evaluate the value of phase contrast x-ray imaging (PCI) with a synchrotron radiation (SR) source in which we performed hepatic imaging in the 4W1A beamline of Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BSRF). The hepatic specimens from a SD mouse, a normal adult and a biliary cirrhosis patient were imaged with the diffraction enhanced imaging (DEI) technique. We showed that the three grade vessel branches in the mouse, the hepatic lobule of the normal adult and the enlarged bile ducts of the biliary cirrhosis patient could all be clearly revealed with the DEI technique. Our results indicated that the PCI techniques including DEI might improve hepatic imaging performance in spatial resolution and tissue contrast.