Review and experimental comparison of speckle-tracking algorithms for X-ray phase contrast imaging

X-ray speckles have been used in a wide range of experiments, including imaging (and tomography), wavefront sensing, spatial coherence measurements, X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy and ptychography. In this review and experimental comparison, we focus on using X-ray near-field speckle grains a...

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Main Authors: Rafael Celestre, Laurène Quénot, Christopher Ninham, Emmanuel Brun, Luca Fardin
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Published: International Union of Crystallography 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.iucr.org/paper?S1600577524010117
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description X-ray speckles have been used in a wide range of experiments, including imaging (and tomography), wavefront sensing, spatial coherence measurements, X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy and ptychography. In this review and experimental comparison, we focus on using X-ray near-field speckle grains as wavefront markers and numerical methods for retrieving the phase information they contain. We present the most common tracking methods, introducing the existing algorithms with their specifications and comparing their performances under various experimental conditions. This comparison includes applications to different types of samples: phantoms for quantitative analysis and complex samples for assessing image quality. Our goal is to unify concepts from several speckle tracking methods using consistent terminology and equation formalism, while keeping the discussion didactic and accessible to a broad audience.
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spelling doaj-art-b87d426e48d14c80989ff8c18e6d14f42025-01-07T14:26:38ZengInternational Union of CrystallographyJournal of Synchrotron Radiation1600-57752025-01-0132118019910.1107/S1600577524010117tv5066Review and experimental comparison of speckle-tracking algorithms for X-ray phase contrast imagingRafael Celestre0Laurène Quénot1Christopher Ninham2Emmanuel Brun3Luca Fardin4Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Dèpartementale 128, Saint-Aubin, FranceUniv. Grenoble Alpes, INSERM, UA7 STROBE, Grenoble, FranceUniv. Grenoble Alpes, INSERM, UA7 STROBE, Grenoble, FranceUniv. Grenoble Alpes, INSERM, UA7 STROBE, Grenoble, FranceUniv. Grenoble Alpes, INSERM, UA7 STROBE, Grenoble, FranceX-ray speckles have been used in a wide range of experiments, including imaging (and tomography), wavefront sensing, spatial coherence measurements, X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy and ptychography. In this review and experimental comparison, we focus on using X-ray near-field speckle grains as wavefront markers and numerical methods for retrieving the phase information they contain. We present the most common tracking methods, introducing the existing algorithms with their specifications and comparing their performances under various experimental conditions. This comparison includes applications to different types of samples: phantoms for quantitative analysis and complex samples for assessing image quality. Our goal is to unify concepts from several speckle tracking methods using consistent terminology and equation formalism, while keeping the discussion didactic and accessible to a broad audience.https://journals.iucr.org/paper?S1600577524010117x-ray phase contrastspeckle tracking
spellingShingle Rafael Celestre
Laurène Quénot
Christopher Ninham
Emmanuel Brun
Luca Fardin
Review and experimental comparison of speckle-tracking algorithms for X-ray phase contrast imaging
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
x-ray phase contrast
speckle tracking
title Review and experimental comparison of speckle-tracking algorithms for X-ray phase contrast imaging
title_full Review and experimental comparison of speckle-tracking algorithms for X-ray phase contrast imaging
title_fullStr Review and experimental comparison of speckle-tracking algorithms for X-ray phase contrast imaging
title_full_unstemmed Review and experimental comparison of speckle-tracking algorithms for X-ray phase contrast imaging
title_short Review and experimental comparison of speckle-tracking algorithms for X-ray phase contrast imaging
title_sort review and experimental comparison of speckle tracking algorithms for x ray phase contrast imaging
topic x-ray phase contrast
speckle tracking
url https://journals.iucr.org/paper?S1600577524010117
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