Element-sensitive X-Ray imaging and computed tomography using energy-selective photodetection

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A new method in X-ray imaging is presented and a proof of concept shown. The proof of concept is done with the simultaneous identification of aluminum, silicon and titanium and the determination of its integrated density. Also some additional measurements are conducted with aqueous solutions. In this case the concentration of sodium chloride and calcium chloride is measured. The method works in transmission and with a spectral analysis of the absorbed photons. The result is an elemental distribution in the path of the X-ray photons. The concept has no strict limit of the number of elements simultaneously detectable. In this work only a single spectrometer is used. The detector can be extended to an array of spectrometers. The method can also be combined with tomography. In this case it is possible to calculate the density of the elements in the voxels of the reconstruction. The method works in photoabsorption and is therefore optimized for thin biological samples. Experiments conducted

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