Advanced X-Ray Integrated Sources (AXIS)
Abstract
The objective of the Advanced X-Ray Integrated Sources (AXIS) program is to develop tunable, mono-energetic, spatially coherent X-ray sources with greatly reduced size, weight and power while dramatically increasing their electrical efficiency through application of micro-scale engineering technologies such as MEMS and NEMS. Such X-ray sources will enable new versatile imaging modalities based on phase contrast techniques which are 1000X more sensitive than the conventional absorption contrast imaging. Such imaging modalities should enable reverse engineering of integrated circuits to validate trustworthiness as well as battlefield imaging of soft tissues and blood vessel injuries from blunt trauma without the injection of a contrast enhancing agent. The radiation dose required for imaging will also be reduced. The Applied Research component of this effort will focus on applying basic research discoveries to the development of a compact, pulsed X-ray source. Such sources are a necessary component to enable future technologies with high-speed motion imaging capabilities and the reverse engineering of integrated circuits. This program also includes related basic research efforts funded under PE 0601101E, Project ES-01.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2014
- Source ID
- 9a7b7c26b8341ccb8a3396be332b212e
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