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20152026
most citedDark-field signal extraction in propagation-based phase-contrast imaging

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physics.optics2026

Efficiency limits in in-line imaging

Timur E. Gureyev, David M. Paganin, Harry M. Quiney

In-line phase-contrast imaging, also known as propagation-based imaging or Gabor holography, is capable of delivering significant gains in image quality, compared to attenuation-ba…

physics.med-ph2026

On optimization of Paganin's method for propagation-based X-ray phase-contrast imaging and tomography

Timur E. Gureyev, David M. Paganin, Ashkan Pakzad +1

Paganin's method for image reconstruction in propagation-based phase-contrast X-ray imaging and tomography has enjoyed broad acceptance in recent years, with over one thousand publ…

physics.med-ph2025

Signal-to-noise and spatial resolution in in-line imaging. 3. Optimization using a simple model

T. E. Gureyev, D. M. Paganin, H. M. Quiney

The problem of optimization of propagation-based phase-contrast imaging setups is considered in the case of projection X-ray imaging and three-dimensional tomography with phase ret…

physics.med-ph2025★ 1 cited

Signal-to-noise and spatial resolution in in-line imaging. 2. Phase-contrast tomography

T. E. Gureyev, D. M. Paganin, K. M. Pavlov +2

In the first part of this paper, quantitative aspects of propagation-based phase-contrast imaging (PBI) were investigated using theoretical and numerical approaches, as well as exp…

physics.med-ph2025★ 3 cited

High-energy X-ray phase-contrast CT of an adult human chest phantom

Jannis N. Ahlers, Lorenzo D'Amico, Henriette Bast +15

Propagation-based phase-contrast X-ray imaging is a promising technique for in~vivo medical imaging, offering lower radiation doses than traditional attenuation-based imaging. Prev…

physics.med-ph2023

Signal-to-noise and spatial resolution in in-line imaging. 1. Basic theory, numerical simulations and planar experimental images

T. E. Gureyev, D. M. Paganin, H. M. Quiney

Signal-to-noise ratio and spatial resolution are quantitatively analysed in the context of in-line (propagation based) X-ray phase-contrast imaging. It is known that free-space pro…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Single-exposure elemental differentiation and texture-sensitive phase-retrieval imaging with a neutron counting micro-channel plate detector

Benedicta D. Arhatari, David M. Paganin, Henry Kirkwood +9

Micro-channel plate (MCP) detectors, when used at pulsed-neutron-source instruments, offer the possibility of high spatial resolution and high contrast imaging with pixel-level spe…

physics.optics2022★ 2 cited

A method for virtual optical sectioning and tomography utilizing shallow depth of field

T. E. Gureyev, H. M. Quiney, L. J. Allen

A method is proposed for high-resolution, three-dimensional reconstruction of internal structure of objects from planar transmission images. The described approach can be used with…

physics.med-ph2020★ 34 cited

Dark-field signal extraction in propagation-based phase-contrast imaging

T. E. Gureyev, D. M. Paganin, B. Arhatari +4

A method for extracting the dark-field signal in propagation-based phase-contrast imaging is proposed. In the case of objects consisting predominantly of a single material, or seve…

eess.IV2019★ 2 cited

On electron imaging of small molecules, Part I: relative roles of multiple scattering and Fresnel diffraction

T. E. Gureyev, H. M. Quiney, A. Kozlov +1

The relative roles of multiple electron scattering and in-molecule free-space propagation in transmission electron microscopy of small molecules are discussed. It is argued that wh…

eess.IV2019★ 3 cited

On electron imaging of small molecules, Part II: tomographic reconstruction from defocus series

T. E. Gureyev, H. M. Quiney, A. Kozlov +1

A practical method utilising three-dimensional image pattern matching is proposed which, in principle, is capable of unambiguous determination of the types and positions of atoms i…

eess.IV2018★ 31 cited

On the efficiency of computational imaging with structured illumination

T. E. Gureyev, D. M. Paganin, A. Kozlov +2

A generic computational imaging setup is considered which assumes sequential illumination of a semi-transparent object by an arbitrary set of structured illumination patterns. For…

physics.med-ph2015★ 10 cited

Monomorphous decomposition method for phase retrieval and phase-contrast tomography

T. E. Gureyev, Ya. I. Nesterets

We show that an arbitrary spatial distribution of complex refractive index inside an object can be exactly represented as a sum of two "monomorphous" complex distributions, i.e. th…