Magnified 3D-CT System Using the Portable Synchrotron 'MIRRORCLE-6X'

Journal Article · Fri Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2436363· OSTI ID:21049319

Sasaki, M; Yamada, H ^[1]; Oda, Y; Takaku, J; Hirai, T ^[1]; Nitta, T; Takahashi, M; Murata, K ^[2]

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1. Faculty of Science and Engineering Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigasi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577 (Japan)
2. Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2192 (Japan)

The portable synchrotron MERRORCLE-6X is a novel x-ray source suitable for hard x-ray imaging. Highly brilliant x-rays are generated by MIRRORCLE-6X in the shape of cone from a source with micron size. We obtained images with high magnification and high resolution by these x-rays, and found that they can be utilized for medical imaging. Recently, we started to perform ideal 3-dimentional computed tomography (3D-CT) based on the Feldkamp algorithm, which is the most popular reconstruction algorithm for a cone beam CT, using a flat panel detector. Therefore, we developed a magnified 3D-CT system of high quality using MIRRORCLE-6X.

• OSTI ID: 21049319
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 879, Issue 1; Conference: 9. international conference on synchrotron radiation instrumentation, Daegu (Korea, Republic of), 28 May - 2 Jun 2006; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2436363; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
HARD X RADIATION
IMAGES
PORTABLE EQUIPMENT
RESOLUTION
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
X-RAY SOURCES