Emulation of X-ray Light-Field Cameras

X-ray plenoptic cameras acquire multi-view X-ray transmission images in a single exposure (light-field). Their development is challenging: designs have appeared only recently, and they are still affected by important limitations. Concurrently, the lack of available real X-ray light-field data hinder...

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Published in:Journal of Imaging
Main Authors: Nicola Viganò, Felix Lucka, Ombeline de La Rochefoucauld, Sophia Bethany Coban, Robert van Liere, Marta Fajardo, Philippe Zeitoun, Kees Joost Batenburg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/6/12/138
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Summary:X-ray plenoptic cameras acquire multi-view X-ray transmission images in a single exposure (light-field). Their development is challenging: designs have appeared only recently, and they are still affected by important limitations. Concurrently, the lack of available real X-ray light-field data hinders dedicated algorithmic development. Here, we present a physical emulation setup for rapidly exploring the parameter space of both existing and conceptual camera designs. This will assist and accelerate the design of X-ray plenoptic imaging solutions, and provide a tool for generating unlimited real X-ray plenoptic data. We also demonstrate that X-ray light-fields allow for reconstructing sharp spatial structures in three-dimensions (3D) from single-shot data.
ISSN:2313-433X