Modified artificial fish school algorithm for free space optical communication with sensor-less adaptive optics system

Phase-contrast x-ray imaging (PCXI) is an emerging technology which allows for imaging of smaller features in the examined sample than conventional attenuation-based x-ray imaging with lower x-ray dose. In this work, we investigated a relatively simple approach to PCXI using a conventional x-ray grid, which has potential to open the way to further widespread use of the technique into many application fields. We performed a simulation using a useful PCXI software developed in our previous study to investigate the image characteristics. We also performed a preliminary experiment for PCXI using a table-top setup which consists of a focused-linear xray grid having a 200-lines/in strip density, a microfocus x-ray tube having a 55-μm focal spot, and a CMOS-type flat-panel detector having a 49-μm pixel resolution. We successfully extracted absorption, dark-field, and phase-contrast x-ray images of much enhanced visibility at a time from the raw image of the sample by Fourier analysis. Further, we made a composite image by combining the absorption image with the colored dark-field image and compared its image characteristic to that of the absorption image alone.