scholarly journals Application of a dual energy X-ray imaging method on breast specimen

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 1634-1636 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Koukou ◽  
N. Martini ◽  
G. Fountos ◽  
C. Michail ◽  
A. Bakas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dual Energy ◽  
Imaging Method ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Imaging

scholarly journals Unsupervised Foreign Object Detection Based on Dual-Energy Absorptiometry in the Food Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Vladyslav Andriiashen ◽  
Robert van Liere ◽  
Tristan van Leeuwen ◽  
Kees Joost Batenburg
Keyword(s):  
Object Detection ◽  
Meat Products ◽  
Food Product ◽  
Processing Technique ◽  
Dual Energy ◽  
Foreign Object ◽  
Metal Debris ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Foreign Objects ◽  
X Ray Imaging

X-ray imaging is a widely used technique for non-destructive inspection of agricultural food products. One application of X-ray imaging is the autonomous, in-line detection of foreign objects in food samples. Examples of such inclusions are bone fragments in meat products, plastic and metal debris in fish, and fruit infestations. This article presents a processing methodology for unsupervised foreign object detection based on dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). A novel thickness correction model is introduced as a pre-processing technique for DEXA data. The aim of the model is to homogenize regions in the image that belong to the food product and to enhance contrast where the foreign object is present. In this way, the segmentation of the foreign object is more robust to noise and lack of contrast. The proposed methodology was applied to a dataset of 488 samples of meat products acquired from a conveyor belt. Approximately 60% of the samples contain foreign objects of different types and sizes, while the rest of the samples are void of foreign objects. The results show that samples without foreign objects are correctly identified in 97% of cases and that the overall accuracy of foreign object detection reaches 95%.

scholarly journals A Method to Improve Electron Density Measurement of Cone-Beam CT Using Dual Energy Technique

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuo Men ◽  
Jian-Rong Dai ◽  
Ming-Hui Li ◽  
Xin-Yuan Chen ◽  
Ke Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Density ◽  
Cone Beam Ct ◽  
Density Measurement ◽  
Dual Energy ◽  
Cone Beam ◽  
Imaging Method ◽  
Basis Material ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Dual Energy Imaging ◽  
Set Up

Purpose. To develop a dual energy imaging method to improve the accuracy of electron density measurement with a cone-beam CT (CBCT) device.Materials and Methods. The imaging system is the XVI CBCT system on Elekta Synergy linac. Projection data were acquired with the high and low energy X-ray, respectively, to set up a basis material decomposition model. Virtual phantom simulation and phantoms experiments were carried out for quantitative evaluation of the method. Phantoms were also scanned twice with the high and low energy X-ray, respectively. The data were decomposed into projections of the two basis material coefficients according to the model set up earlier. The two sets of decomposed projections were used to reconstruct CBCT images of the basis material coefficients. Then, the images of electron densities were calculated with these CBCT images.Results. The difference between the calculated and theoretical values was within 2% and the correlation coefficient of them was about 1.0. The dual energy imaging method obtained more accurate electron density values and reduced the beam hardening artifacts obviously.Conclusion. A novel dual energy CBCT imaging method to calculate the electron densities was developed. It can acquire more accurate values and provide a platform potentially for dose calculation.

scholarly journals Elemental Mapping Of Bone Strontium In Rats Treated With Strontium Ranelate And Strontium Citrate Using 2D Micro-XRF And 3D Dual Energy K-edge Subtraction X-ray Imaging

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Arturo Cardenas
Keyword(s):  
Strontium Ranelate ◽  
Dual Energy ◽  
Therapeutic Effects ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Treatment Of Osteoporosis ◽  
3D Images ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Imaging ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats ◽  
Animal Bones

Strontium-based medications, such as strontium ranelate, have been shown to have therapeutic effects in the treatment of osteoporosis, other strontium salts are assumed to have similar effects on bone health. The objective of this study was to compare the distribution of strontium in animal bones following administration of strontium ranelate and strontium citrate. Humerus bones were collected from female Sprague-Dawley rats that were dosed daily over ten weeks with strontium ranelate and strontium citrate, and no strontium (control). Bones were imaged using 2D micro-XRF and 3D dual energy KES X-ray imaging. The 2D imaging revealed differences in strontium and calcium levels between samples from treated and non-treated animals (푝 < 0.001). 3D images obtained showed that strontium was observed to be largely present in the trabecular regions under the epiphyseal plate with concentrations of approximately 5 to 15 mg/cm3 in the bones of both strontium treated groups. The thickness of the strontium layers below the growth plate in both the strontium ranelate and strontium citrate sample were not significantly different (푝 = 0.9201). Both imaging studies performed in this work showed that strontium from both salts is heterogeneously distributed in newly formed bone during treatment.

Hydrogen diffusion in titanium-hydride observed by the diffraction-enhanced X-ray imaging method

2007 ◽  
Vol 204 (8) ◽  
pp. 2734-2739 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Mizuno ◽  
Y. Furuya ◽  
K. Hirano ◽  
H. Okamoto
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Hydride ◽  
Hydrogen Diffusion ◽  
Imaging Method ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Imaging

A computation method of dual-energy x-ray imaging

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuanqin Mou ◽  
Shaojie Tang ◽  
Wei Hong
Keyword(s):  
Dual Energy ◽  
Computation Method ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Imaging

Experimental study of single vs. two-close-frequency heating impact on confinement and losses dynamics in ECR Ion Sources plasmas by means of X-ray spectroscopy and imaging

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Mascali ◽  
Eugenia Naselli ◽  
Richard Racz ◽  
Sándor Biri ◽  
Luigi Celona ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ion Source ◽  
Single Frequency ◽  
Specific Power ◽  
Imaging Method ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Plasma Chamber ◽  
X Ray Imaging ◽  
Close Frequency ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Frequency Heating

Abstract We hereby report the study of confinement and electron losses dynamics in the magnetic trap of an Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source (ECRIS) using a special multi-diagnostic setup that has allowed the simultaneous collection of plasma radio-self-emission and X-ray images in the range 500 eV - 20 keV. Argon plasmas were generated in single and two close frequency heating (TCFH) modes. Evidences of turbulent regimes have been found: for stable and unstable configurations quantitative characterizations of the plasma radio self-emission have been carried out, then compared with local measurement of plasma energy content evaluated by X-ray imaging. This imaging method is the only one able to clearly separate X-ray radiation coming from the plasma from the one coming from the plasma chamber walls. X-ray imaging has been also supported and benchmarked by volumetric spectroscopy performed via SDD and HPGe detectors. The obtained results in terms of X-ray intensity signal coming from the plasma core and from the plasma chamber walls have permitted to estimate the average ratio: plasma vs. walls (i.e., plasma losses) as a function of input RF power and pumping wave frequency, showing an evident increase (above the experimental errors) of the intensity in the 2-20 keV energy range due to the plasma losses in case of unstable plasma. This ratio was well correlated with the strength of the instabilities, in single frequency heating (SFH) operation mode; in TCFH mode, under specific power balance conditions and frequency combinations, it was possible to damp the instabilities, thus the plasma losses were observed to decrease and a general reconfiguration of the spatial plasma structure occurred (the X-ray emission was more concentrated in the center of the plasma chamber). In the end, a simplified model has been used to simulate electron heating under different pumping frequencies, discussing the impact of velocity anisotropy vs. the onset of the instability, and the mechanism of particles diffusion in the velocity space in stable and unstable regimes.

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