• Matter and Radiation at Extremes
  • Vol. 5, Issue 6, 064401 (2020)
Yue Ma1、2、*, Jianfei Hua1, Dexiang Liu1, Yunxiao He1、2, Tianliang Zhang1, Jiucheng Chen1, Fan Yang1, Xiaonan Ning1, Zhongshan Yang1, Jie Zhang1、2, Chih-Hao Pai1, Yuqiu Gu2, and Wei Lu1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 2Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Laser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, China
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    DOI: 10.1063/5.0016034 Cite this Article
    Yue Ma, Jianfei Hua, Dexiang Liu, Yunxiao He, Tianliang Zhang, Jiucheng Chen, Fan Yang, Xiaonan Ning, Zhongshan Yang, Jie Zhang, Chih-Hao Pai, Yuqiu Gu, Wei Lu. Region-of-interest micro-focus computed tomography based on an all-optical inverse Compton scattering source[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2020, 5(6): 064401 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Micro-focus computed tomography (CT), which allows the hyperfine structure within objects to be reconstructed, is a powerful nondestructive testing tool in many fields. However, current x-ray sources for micro-focus CT are typically limited by their relatively low photon energy and low flux. An all-optical inverse Compton scattering source (AOCS) based on laser wakefield acceleration can generate intense quasi-monoenergetic x/gamma-ray pulses in the kilo- to megaelectronvolt range with micrometer-level source size, and its potential application for micro-focus CT has become very attractive in recent years because of the rapid progress made in laser wakefield acceleration. Reported here is a successful experimental demonstration of high-fidelity micro-focus CT using an AOCS (~70 keV) by imaging and reconstructing a test object with complex inner structures. A region-of-interest CT method is adopted to utilize the relatively small field of view of the AOCS to ensure high spatial resolution. This demonstration of AOCS-based region-of-interest micro-focus CT is a key step toward its application in the field of hyperfine nondestructive testing.
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    Yue Ma, Jianfei Hua, Dexiang Liu, Yunxiao He, Tianliang Zhang, Jiucheng Chen, Fan Yang, Xiaonan Ning, Zhongshan Yang, Jie Zhang, Chih-Hao Pai, Yuqiu Gu, Wei Lu. Region-of-interest micro-focus computed tomography based on an all-optical inverse Compton scattering source[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2020, 5(6): 064401
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