News
- The conference proceedings of XNPIG have been published online (click here).
- XNPIG was held successfully with many participants, the statistics of which is HERE.
Thank very much for your cooperation. This workshop has been decided to be continued, and the next will be hosted by Prof. Franz Pfeiffer in Munich, Germany in 2013 (summer). We look forward to seeing you again.
The workshop photo is available HERE(3.8 MB). Other photos will be available later soon. - The deadline of the proceedings manuscript extended to March 31, 2012.
Important dates
- December 23rd, 2011: Deadline for abstract submission
- December 23rd, 2011: Deadline for pre-registration
- January 20th, 2012: Advanced payment of the registration fee (Japanese residents only)
- March 5th-7th, 2012: Workshop
- March 31th, 2012: Deadline for the submission of proceedings manuscript
About the workshop
Since the discovery of X-rays, transmission imaging has been used extensively for a variety of fields, taking advantage of the high penetrating power of X-rays. However, because it uses X-ray absorption to generate image contrast, X-ray transmission imaging has a drawback that its sensitivity is poor to weakly absorbing objects consisting mainly of light elements, such as polymers and biological soft tissues.
Since the 1990s, X-ray phase imaging, which relies on the measurement of the X-ray phase shift (or X-ray refraction) caused by a sample, has attracted attention, because weakly absorbing objects could be imaged. Particularly in this decade, X-ray phase imaging based on grating optics has been studied actively thanks to its practical advantage that laboratory X-ray sources are usable, while other earlier techniques of X-ray phase imaging were developed and performed mainly in synchrotron radiation facilities.
Therefore, grating-based X-ray phase imaging has attracted special attentions from the medical and industrial fields. Moreover, a similar technique is expanding to neutron phase imaging field for various other materials including metal.
This workshop is proposed to provide an opportunity for discussion and to promote new collaborations in this rapidly growing field for the first time.
Scope
The scope of this workshop shall be as follows:
- X-ray/neutron optics for phase imaging with grating(s),
- Its applications for medical diagnoses and nondestructive investigations,
- Fabrication of X-ray/neutron gratings,
- Image processing for phase imaging,
- Other related science and technology.
Host
Prof. Atsushi Momose (Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University (from Apr. 1, 2012))
e-mail: momose@tagen.tohoku.ac.jp
TEL +81-22-217-5388
FAX +81-22-217-5826
Organizer
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
Co-organized by the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo and Munich-Centre for Advanced Photonics.
Supported by
Konica Minolta Science and Technology Foundation,
the Society of Photographic Science and Technology of Japan,
the Japanese Society for Synchrotron Radiation Research,
the Phase measurement group of Photon Factory Users Society,
the Biological micro/nano imaging group of SPring-8 Users Society.
Program Committee
- Atsushi Momose (chair) (Univ. Tokyo, Japan)
- Franz Pfeiffer (TU Munich, Germany)
- Christian David (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland)
- Timm Weitkamp (SOLEIL, France)
