X-ray Compton backscattering imaging via structured light

Author(s)Salazar, Edgar
Author(s)Liu, Xiaokang
Author(s)Arce, Gonzalo
Date Accessioned2022-05-18T14:00:55Z
Date Available2022-05-18T14:00:55Z
Publication Date2022-04-20
DescriptionThis article was originally published in Optics Express. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.456610en_US
AbstractCompton backscattering imaging (CBI) is a technique that uses ionizing radiation to detect the presence of low atomic number materials on a given target. Unlike transmission x-ray imaging, the source and sensor are located on the same side, such that the photons of interest are scattered back after the radiation impinges on the body. Rather than scanning the target pixel by pixel with a pencil-beam, this paper proposes the use of cone-beam coded illumination to create the compressive x-ray Compton backscattering imager (CXBI). The concept was developed and tested using Montecarlo simulations through the Geant4 application for tomography emissions (GATE), with conditions close to the ones encountered in experiments, and posteriorly, a test-bed implementation was mounted in the laboratory. The CXBI was evaluated under several conditions and with different materials as target. Reconstructions were run using denoising-prior-based inverse problem algorithms. Finally, a preliminary dose analysis was done to evaluate the viability of CXBI for human scanning.en_US
SponsorNational Science Foundation (CIF 1717578); University of Delaware (University Doctoral Fellowship).en_US
CitationEdgar Salazar, Xiaokang Liu, and Gonzalo Arce, "X-ray Compton backscattering imaging via structured light," Opt. Express 30, 15211-15226 (2022)en_US
ISSN1094-4087
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/30880
Languageen_USen_US
PublisherOptics Expressen_US
TitleX-ray Compton backscattering imaging via structured lighten_US
TypeArticleen_US
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