First Point-Spread Function and X-Ray Phase-Contrast Imaging Results
  With an 88-mm Diameter Single Crystal

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In this study, we report initial demonstrations of the use of single crystals in indirect x-ray imaging with a benchtop implementation of propagation-based (PB) x-ray phase contrast imaging. Based on single Gaussian peak fits to the x-ray images, we observed a four times smaller system point-spread function (PSF) with the 50-{\mu}m thick single crystal scintillators than with the reference polycrystalline phosphor/scintillator. Fiber-optic plate depth-of-focus and Al reflective-coating aspects are also elucidated. Guided by the results from the 25-mm diameter crystal samples, we report additionally the first results with a unique 88-mm diameter single crystal bonded to a fiber optic plate and coupled to the large format CCD. Both PSF and x-ray phase contrast imaging data are quantified and presented.

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We demonstrate nanoscale x-ray holographic imaging using optimized illumination wave fronts emitted by x-ray waveguide channels. Mode filtering minimizes wave-front distortions and artifacts encountered in most hard x-ray focusing schemes, enabling quantitative reconstruction of the projected density, as evidenced by a test pattern imaged with a field of view of about 20×40 μm and at 22 nm resolution. The dose efficiency and contrast sensitivity make the optical scheme compatible with samples of intrinsically low contrast, typical for hydrated soft matter. This is demonstrated by imaging bacteria in the hydrated and living state, with quantitative phase contrast revealing dense structures of the bacterial nucleoids associated with compactified DNA. In response to continued irradiation, characteristic changes in these dense structures are observed.