Author Affiliations
1Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Technology & System, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China;2Industrial CT Non-destructive Testing Engineering Research Center, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Diagram of XFCT with pinhole collimator
Fig. 2. Schematic of multi-pinhole XFCT MC model
Fig. 3. Designs of multi-pinhole collimator and phantom. (a) Perpendicular view of lead plate containing three pinholes; (b) cross-section of lead plate containing one pinhole; (c) phantom 1; (d) phantom 2
Fig. 4. Energy spectrum of X-ray source and spectrum of X-ray fluorescence. (a) Energy spectrum of X-ray source; (b) spectrum of X-ray fluorescence
Fig. 5. Simulation results at different tube voltages. (a) Noise as a function of detection angle at different tube voltages; (b) RSN as a function of tube voltage at different detection angles
Fig. 6. Simulation results at different mass fractions of GNPs. (a) Noise as a function of detection angle at different mass fractions of GNPs; (b) RSN as a function of mass fraction of GNPs at different detection angles
Fig. 7. Simulation results at different diameters of ROI. (a) Noise as a function of detection angle at different diameters of ROI; (b) RSN as a function of diameter of ROI at different detection angles
Fig. 8. RSN at different detection angles. (a) RSN as a function of diameter of ROI at different detection angles; (b) RSN as a function of mass fraction of GNPs at different detection angles
Fig. 9. Reconstructed images. (a) Reconstructed image of phantom 2 at detection angle of 90°; (b) reconstructed image of phantom 2 at detection angle of 120°
Fig. 10. Mean value and RCN of ROI pixel values in reconstructed images. (a) Mean value of ROI pixel values in reconstructed images; (b) RCN at detection angles of 90° and 120°
Experiment | Phantom 1 |
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Tube voltage Vsrc /kV | GNPs mass fraction ρ /% | ROI diameter DROI /mm |
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1 | 90,100,110,120 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 120 | 0.25,0.50,1,2 | 6 | 3 | 120 | 1 | 4,6,8,10 |
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Table 1. Parameters for phantom 1 in different simulation groups
Experiment | Phantom 2 |
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Tube voltage Vsrc /kV | GNPs mass fraction ρ /% | ROI diameter DROI /mm |
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| ROI1 | ROI2 | ROI3 | ROI4 | 4 | 120 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.75 | 1 | 3 |
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Table 2. Parameters for phantom 2