X-ray Diffraction Imaging ― Technology and Applications

This book explores novel use of X-ray diffraction technology that opens an entirely new field of looking at objects, human organs, baggage suitcases, or contraband substances. The ability to perform spatially-resolved material discrimination significantly enhances the performance of medical and industrial radiography, as well as contraband and explosives detection systems. To this end, a number of approaches have been developed, including fluorescence, hyperspectral transmission, phase contrast, and coherent scatter imaging, that are explained throughout the book. Featuring chapters written by an international selection of authors from both academia and industry, the book covers both imaging and detection in practical applications for medical, industrial, and security fields.

Joel A. Greenberg received his B.S.E. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University in 2005, and his Ph.D. in physics from Duke University in 2012. He then joined the Duke Imaging and Spectroscopy Program in 2012 as a research scientist and technical/project manager of the computational adaptive X-ray imaging (CAXI) program. Since 2014, Joel has been an Assistant Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University and a member of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics. He has published over 30 papers in the areas of nonlinear optics, cold atom physics, compressed sensing and X-ray imaging. His current research focuses on computational sensing and its application to security, medical, and industrial imaging and detection.