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X-ray darkfield imaging - from basic research to first medical applications

Patient study demonstrates benefits of dark-field X-ray technology

2022 Research Awards RSNA awards the Trainee Research Prize to honor an outstanding scientific presentation in each subspecialty presented by a resident/physics trainee, fellow or medical student. This year, Theresa Urban has been awarded this proze for her work "Dark-Field Chest Radiography…

Dark-field chest x-ray and conventional x-ray go head-to-head By Will Morton, AuntMinnie.com staff writer November 27, 2022 -- CHICAGO - Dark-field x-ray may be more effective than conventional radiography for diagnosing and staging pulmonary emphysema, according to research presented November 27…

Below the presentations and posters shown at the CT-Meeting in Baltimore June 2022 [1] N. Gustschin et al., “Dark-field imaging on a clinical CT system: performance and potential based on first results,” in 7th International Conference on Image Formation in X-Ray  Computed Tomography, Baltimore,…

Dark-field chest x-ray differentiates lung disease By Will Morton, AuntMinnie.com staff writer   August 22, 2022 -- Investigators from Germany say that their prototype dark-field chest x-ray system may be able to help differentiate between emphysema and fibrosis, as discussed in a case published…

International Symposium on Medical Applications of X-ray, Phase-contrast and Photon-counting

From the 13 - 16th of June, 2022 at the CT Meeting in Baltimore, USA, the following presentations from E17 members were made: M. Viermetz, N. Gustschin , C. Schmid, J. Häusele, R. Proksa, T. Koehler, F. Pfeiffer. Dark-Field Imaging  on a Clinical CT System: Realizationof Talbot-Lau Interferometry…

Dark-Field X-ray Imaging: An Evolving Technique in the Century-Old History of X-ray Imaging

A new imaging technique may help change the future of radiology.