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.

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doi.org/10.3390/jimaging6120138
Journal of Imaging
Volumetric medical x-ray imaging at extremely low dose
Computational Imaging

Viganò, N., Lucka, F., de la Rochefoucauld, O., Coban, S., van Liere, R., Fajardo, M., … Batenburg, J. (2020). Emulation of X-ray light-field cameras. Journal of Imaging, 6(12). doi:10.3390/jimaging6120138