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A laboratory-scale hard X-ray microscope utilizing the portable synchrotron named MIRRORCLE-6X is developed in our laboratory. MIRRORCLE-6X is a X-ray source suitable for hard X-ray microscopy as a result of the X-ray source size of the order of micron, and highly brilliant hard X-rays. Furthermore, when effective focusing elements of hard X-rays are used for MIRRORCLE-6X, this machine could be used for non destructive inspection with high resolution of biological and engineering. We designed hard X-ray optical elements for MIRRORCLE6X and started fabricating X-ray mirrors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Brilliant hard X-rays are produced by the portable synchrotron named MIRRORCLE. The X-ray images taken by MIRRORCLE show enhanced edge effect even with contact imaging. Bodies composed of soft tissues are distinguished in spite of the predominantly hard X-ray components. The imaging mechanism, which is different from the phase contrast, was studied. It was found that the edge effect is partly due to the micron order x-ray source spot size, and MeV region hard X-rays. The characteristic of the medical diagnosis X-ray images and nondestructive inspection X-ray images taken by MIRRORCLE are studied in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]