scholarly journals The Quantification of Myocardial remodelling in a Rat Model of Myocardial Infarction by Synchrotron X-ray Phase Contrast Imaging

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 433-434
Author(s):  
Ivo Planinc ◽  
Patricia Garcia-Canadilla ◽  
Hector Dejea ◽  
Eduard Guasch ◽  
Marco Stampanoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Rat Model ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Phase Contrast Imaging ◽  
Contrast Imaging ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Myocardial Remodelling

scholarly journals Comprehensive assessment of myocardial remodeling in ischemic heart disease by synchrotron propagation based X-ray phase contrast imaging

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivo Planinc ◽  
Patricia Garcia-Canadilla ◽  
Hector Dejea ◽  
Ivana Ilic ◽  
Eduard Guasch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Imaging Modality ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Comprehensive Assessment ◽  
Phase Contrast Imaging ◽  
Imaging Method ◽  
Contrast Imaging ◽  
X Ray

AbstractCardiovascular research is in an ongoing quest for a superior imaging method to integrate gross-anatomical information with microanatomy, combined with quantifiable parameters of cardiac structure. In recent years, synchrotron radiation-based X-ray Phase Contrast Imaging (X-PCI) has been extensively used to characterize soft tissue in detail. The objective was to use X-PCI to comprehensively quantify ischemic remodeling of different myocardial structures, from cell to organ level, in a rat model of myocardial infarction. Myocardial infarction-induced remodeling was recreated in a well-established rodent model. Ex vivo rodent hearts were imaged by propagation based X-PCI using two configurations resulting in 5.8 µm and 0.65 µm effective pixel size images. The acquired datasets were used for a comprehensive assessment of macrostructural changes including the whole heart and vascular tree morphology, and quantification of left ventricular myocardial thickness, mass, volume, and organization. On the meso-scale, tissue characteristics were explored and compared with histopathological methods, while microstructural changes were quantified by segmentation of cardiomyocytes and calculation of cross-sectional areas. Propagation based X-PCI provides detailed visualization and quantification of morphological changes on whole organ, tissue, vascular as well as individual cellular level of the ex vivo heart, with a single, non-destructive 3D imaging modality.

scholarly journals Myocardial Remodeling in Ischemic Heart Disease – Imaging from Cell to Organ Level by Synchrotron Propagation Based X-Ray Phase-Contrast Imaging

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivo Planinc ◽  
Patricia Garcia-Canadilla ◽  
Hector Dejea ◽  
Ivana Ilic ◽  
Eduard Guasch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Imaging Modality ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Phase Contrast Imaging ◽  
Imaging Method ◽  
Contrast Imaging ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Organ Level

Abstract Background: Cardiovascular research is in an ongoing quest for a superior imaging method to integrate gross-anatomical information with microanatomy, combined with quantifiable parameters of cardiac structure. In recent years, synchrotron radiation-based X-ray Phase Contrast Imaging (X-PCI) has been extensively used to characterize soft tissue in detail.The objective was to use X-PCI to comprehensively quantify ischemic remodeling of different myocardial structures, from cell to organ level, in a rat model of myocardial infarction.Methods and Results: Myocardial infarction-induced remodeling was recreated in a well-established rodent model. Ex vivo rodent hearts were imaged by propagation based X-PCI using two configurations resulting in 5.8µm and 0.65µm effective pixel size images. The acquired datasets were used for a comprehensive assessment of macrostructural changes including the whole heart and vascular tree morphology, and quantification of left ventricular myocardial thickness, mass, volume, and organization. On the meso-scale, tissue characteristics were explored and compared with histopathological methods, while microstructural changes were quantified by segmentation of cardiomyocytes and calculation of cross-sectional areas.Conclusions: Propagation based X-PCI provides detailed visualization and quantification of morphological changes on whole organ, tissue, vascular as well as individual cellular level of the ex vivo heart, with a single, non-destructive 3D imaging modality.

Image Quality Analysis of X-ray Grating Interferometer Using Integrating-bucket Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 20503-1-20503-5
Author(s):  
Faiz Wali ◽  
Shenghao Wang ◽  
Ji Li ◽  
Jianheng Huang ◽  
Yaohu Lei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Quality ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Quality Analysis ◽  
Phase Contrast Imaging ◽  
Phase Image ◽  
Contrast Imaging ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Image Quality Analysis ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Grating Interferometer

Abstract Grating-based x-ray phase-contrast imaging has the potential to enhance image quality and provide inner structure details non-destructively. In this work, using grating-based x-ray phase-contrast imaging system and employing integrating-bucket method, the quantitative expressions of signal-to-noise ratios due to photon statistics and mechanical error are analyzed in detail. Photon statistical noise and mechanical error are the main sources affecting the image noise in x-ray grating interferometry. Integrating-bucket method is a new phase extraction method translated to x-ray grating interferometry; hence, its image quality analysis would be of great importance to get high-quality phase image. The authors’ conclusions provide an alternate method to get high-quality refraction signal using grating interferometer, and hence increases applicability of grating interferometry in preclinical and clinical usage.

Numerical analysis of shift error in X-ray phase contrast imaging for large field of view

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Jianheng Huang ◽  
Yaohu Lei ◽  
Xin Liu ◽  
Jinchuan Guo ◽  
Ji Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Field Of View ◽  
Phase Contrast Imaging ◽  
Large Field ◽  
Contrast Imaging ◽  
X Ray

scholarly journals Principles of Different X-ray Phase-Contrast Imaging: A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 2971
Author(s):  
Siwei Tao ◽  
Congxiao He ◽  
Xiang Hao ◽  
Cuifang Kuang ◽  
Xu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Biological Samples ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Phase Contrast Imaging ◽  
Contrast Imaging ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Imaging ◽  
Internal Structures ◽  
X Ray Absorption ◽  
Made In

Numerous advances have been made in X-ray technology in recent years. X-ray imaging plays an important role in the nondestructive exploration of the internal structures of objects. However, the contrast of X-ray absorption images remains low, especially for materials with low atomic numbers, such as biological samples. X-ray phase-contrast images have an intrinsically higher contrast than absorption images. In this review, the principles, milestones, and recent progress of X-ray phase-contrast imaging methods are demonstrated. In addition, prospective applications are presented.

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