Abstract
A new method is developed for 3D reconstruction of multimaterial objects using propagation-based x-ray phase-contrast tomography (PB-CT) with phaseretrieval via contrast-transfer-function (CTF) formalism. The approach differs from conventional PB-CT algorithms, which apply phaseretrieval to individual 2D projections. Instead, this method involves performing phaseretrieval to the CT-reconstructed volume in 3D. The CTF formalism is further extended to the cases of partially coherent illumination and strongly absorbing samples. Simulated results demonstrate that the proposed post-reconstruction CTF method provides fast and stable phaseretrieval, producing results equivalent to conventional pre-reconstruction 2D CTF phaseretrieval. Moreover, it is shown that application can be highly localized to isolated objects of interest, without a significant loss of quality, thus leading to increased computational efficiency. Combined with the extended validity of the CTF to greater propagation distances, this method provides additional advantages over approaches based on the transport-of-intensity equation.
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