Tech Notes High Contrast for Difficult-to-Image Materials VersaXRM Optimized Architecture Superior Imaging The Xradia VersaXRM family provides superior imaging in both flexible source and detector travel enables the user to optimize absorption imaging mode and propagation-based phase con- the propagation phase contrast effect.This approach enables trast imaging mode.The imaging objectives in the X-ray micro- imaging of features in materials that are traditionally considered scope turret contain scintillators that are optimized by objective "difficult-to-image,"such as soft biological tissues and polymers, to provide the highest absorption contrast.The characteristic or in samples composed of constituents that are of similar small detector pixel sizes of the XRM architecture coupled with absorption contrasts. These include: Porous polymer network: Phase and absorption contrast to obtain a high resolution image for quantification of pore size measurements,wall- thickness measurements,and degree of interconnectivity. 750μm 200u9 Unstained soft tissue: Phase contrast was employed to image unstained cartilage in a mouse knee. Spider: Phase contrast to Absorption Contrast 200um visualize 14-milion year-old fossilized spider bunied in amber. Three phase separation in a Pringles chip: Imaged at high absorption and phase contrast,showing three phases. Chip 500μm Phase Contrast O ▣ For more information on Xradia's Suggested Reading unique technology,please scan here. The projection approximation and edge contrast for X-ray propagation-based phase contrast imaging of a cylindrical edge.KS Morgan,KKW Siu,DM Paganin(2010)Optical Express 18(8):9865-9878. 入xradia Xradia,Inc.4385 Hopyard Road,Pleasanton,CA 94588 下+1.925.701.3600 F:+1.925.730.4952 sales@xradia.com www.xradia.com The VersaXRM family of X. The UltraXRM family of 3D X-ray microscopes indudes the UitraXRM-L200 and UitraXRM-S for laboratory and synchrotron faciities,respectively. TN-P℃-0712High Contrast for Difficult-to-Image Materials The Xradia VersaXRM family provides superior imaging in both absorption imaging mode and propagation-based phase con￾trast imaging mode. The imaging objectives in the X-ray micro￾scope turret contain scintillators that are optimized by objective to provide the highest absorption contrast. The characteristic small detector pixel sizes of the XRM architecture coupled with flexible source and detector travel enables the user to optimize the propagation phase contrast effect. This approach enables imaging of features in materials that are traditionally considered “difficult-to-image,” such as soft biological tissues and polymers, or in samples composed of constituents that are of similar absorption contrasts. These include: Suggested Reading The projection approximation and edge contrast for X-ray propagation-based phase contrast imaging of a cylindrical edge. KS Morgan, KKW Siu, DM Paganin (2010) Optical Express 18(8):9865-9878. Tech Notes Xradia, Inc. 4385 Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, CA 94588 T: +1.925.701.3600 F: +1.925.730.4952 sales@xradia.com www.xradia.com Xradia is a registered trademark, and VersaXRM, UltraXRM, MicroXCT, Scout-and-Zoom, Scout-and-Scan, and PhaseEnhanced Optics are trademarks of Xradia, Inc. The VersaXRM family of X-ray microscopes includes the VersaXRM-500, MicroXCT-200 and MicroXCT-400 for 3D X-ray computed tomography. The UltraXRM family of 3D X-ray microscopes includes the UltraXRM-L200 and UltraXRM-S for laboratory and synchrotron facilities, respectively. TN-PC-0712 For more information on Xradia’s unique technology, please scan here. VersaXRM 200 µm Three phase separation in a Pringles chip: Imaged at high absorption and phase contrast, showing three phases. Air Absorption Contrast Phase Contrast Chip Oil 200 µm Unstained soft tissue: Phase contrast was employed to image unstained cartilage in a mouse knee. Porous polymer network: Phase and absorption contrast to obtain a high resolution image for quantification of pore size measurements, wall￾thickness measurements, and degree of interconnectivity. 750 µm 500 µm Spider: Phase contrast to visualize 14-million year-old fossilized spider buried in amber. Optimized Architecture = Superior Imaging