Upgrade of the X-ray pinhole camera system at SSRF

An X-ray pinhole camera has been used to determine the transverse beam size and emittance on the diagnostic beam line of the storage ring at SSRF since2009.The performance of the beam size measurement is determined by the width of the point spread function of the X-ray pinhole camera.Beam-based calibration was carried in 2012 out by varying the beam size at the source point and measuring the image size.However,this calibration method requires special beam conditions.In order to overcome this limitation,the pinhole camera was upgraded and an X-ray quasi-monochromator was installed.A novel experimental method was introduced by combining the pinhole camera with the monochromator to calibrate the point spread function.The point spread function can be accurately resolved by adjusting the angle of the monochromator and measuring the image size.The X-ray spectrum can also be obtained.In this work,the X-ray quasi-monochromator and the novel beam-based calibration method will be presented in detail.

Spatial resolution and image processing for pinhole camera-based X-ray fluorescence imaging: a simulation study

Spatial resolution and image-processing methods for full-field X-ray fluorescence(FF-XRF)imaging using X-ray pinhole cameras were studied using Geant4simulations with different geometries and algorithms for image reconstruction.The main objectives were:(1)calculating the quantum efficiency curves of specific cameras,(2)studying the relationships between the spatial resolution and the pinhole diameter,magnification,and camera binning value,and(3)comparing image-processing methods for pinhole camera systems.Several results were obtained using a point and plane source as the X-ray fluorescence emitter and an array of 100×100 silicon pixel detectors as the X-ray camera.The quantum efficiency of a back-illuminated deep depletion(BI-DD)structure was above 30%for the XRF energies in the 0.8–9 keV range,with the maximum of 93.7%at 4 keV.The best spatial resolution of the pinhole camera was 24.7μm and 31.3 lp/mm when measured using the profile function of the point source,with the diameter of 20μm,magnification of 3.16,and camera bin of 1.A blind deconvolution algorithm with Gaussian filtering performed better than the Wiener filter and Richardson iterative methods on FF-XRF images,with the signal-to-noise ratio of 7.81 dB and improved signalto-noise ratio of 7.24 dB at the diameter of 120μm,magnification of 1.0,and camera bin of 1.

The beam-based calibration of an X-ray pinhole camera at SSRF

A pinhole camera for imaging X-ray synchrotron radiation from a dipole magnet is now in operation at the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility （SSRF） storage ring.The electron beam size is derived by unfolding the radiation image and the point spread function （PSF） with deconvolution techniques.The performance of the pinhole is determined by the accuracy of the PSF measurement.This article will focus on a beam-based calibration scheme to measure the PSF system by varying the beam images with different quadrupole settings and fitting them with the corresponding theoretical beam sizes.Applying this method at SSRF,the PSF value of the pinhole is revised from 37 to 44μm.The deviation in beam size between the theoretical value and the measured value isminimized to 4% after calibration.This optimization allows us to observe the horizontal disturbance due to injection down to as small as 0.5μm.

Monte-Carlo simulation of pinhole collimator of a small field of view gamma camera for small animal imaging

Needs in scintimammography applications,especially for small animal cardiac imaging,lead to develop a small field of view,high spatial resolution gamma camera with a pinhole collimator.However the ideal pinhole collimator must keep a compromise between spatial resolution and sensitivity.In order to design a pinhole collimator with an optimized sensitivity and spatial resolution,the spatial resolution and the geometric sensitivity response as a function of the source to collimator distance has been obtained by means of Monte-Carlo simulation for a small field of view gamma camera with a pinhole collimator of various-hole diameters.The results show that the camera with pinhole of 1 mm,1.5 mm and 2 mm diameter has respectively spatial resolution of 1.5 mm,2.25 mm and 3 mm and geometric sensitivity of 0.016%,0.022%and 0.036%,while the source to collimator distance is 3 cm.We chose the pinhole collimator with hole diameter size of 1.2 mm for our the gamma camera designed based on the trade-off between sensitivity and resolution.

Point spread functions for a small gamma camera with pinhole collimator

A set of point spread functions (PSF) has been obtained by means of Monte-Carlo simulation for asmall gamma camera with a pinhole collimator of various hole diameters. The FOV (field of view) of the camera isexpended from 45 mm to 70 mm in diameter. The position dependence of the variances of PSF is presented, and theacceptance for the 140 kev gamma rays is explored. A phantom of 70 mm in diameter was experimentally imaged inthe camera with effective FOV of only 45 mm in diameter.

Detailed characterization of polycapillary focusing x-ray lenses by a charge-coupled device detector and a pinhole

A method to measure the detailed performance of polycapillary x-ray optics by a pinhole and charge coupled device(CCD)detector was proposed in this study.The pinhole was located between the x-ray source and the polycapillary x-ray optics to determine the illuminating region of the incident x-ray beam on the input side of the optics.The CCD detector placed downstream of the polycapillary x-ray optics ensured that the incident x-ray beam controlled by the pinhole irradiated a specific region of the input surface of the optics.The intensity of the output beam of the polycapillary x-ray optics was obtained from the far-field image of the output beam of the optics captured by CCD detector.As an application example,the focal spot size,gain in power density,transmission efficiency,and beam divergence of different parts of a polycapillary focusing x-ray lenses(PFXRL)were measured by a pinhole and CCD detector.Three pinholes with diameters of 500,1000,and 2000μm were used to adjust the diameter of the incident x-ray beam illuminating the PFXRL from 500μm to the entire surface of the input side of the PFXRL.The focal spot size of the PFXRL,gain in power density,transmission efficiency,and beam divergence ranged from 27.1μm to 34.6μm,400 to 3460,26.70%to 5.38%,and 16.8 mrad to 84.86 mrad,respectively.

Neutronic analysis of ITER radial x-ray camera

The radial x-ray camera(RXC) is designed to measure the poloidal profile of plasma x-ray emission with high spatial and temporal resolution. The RXC diagnostic system consists of internal camera module and external camera module that view the core region and outer region through the vertical slots of the diagnostic first wall and diagnostics shield module of the equatorial port plug. To ensure the normal performance of the silicon photodiode array detectors of the cameras in the hard neutron irradiation environment in ITER tokamak, it is necessary to calculate neutron flux, radiation damage and the nuclear heating of the silicon photodiode array detectors and simulate the radiation maps of the range of RXC. This work estimated the nuclear environment of RXC based on Monte Carlo N-particle transport code, plasma scenarios of ITER tokamak and the RXC-integrated ITER CLITE model. The neutron flux of silicon photodiode array detectors and the lifetime of the silicon photodiode detector in the camera were calculated. The neutronic analysis results show that the shielding design has achieved the effect as expected and is able to guarantee the normal work of the detector during the ITER deuterium–deuterium phase without replacement, three detectors of the external camera can be operated during the whole deuterium–tritium phase without replacement.

Performance Evaluation of the Thick Pinhole Gamma Rays Diagnostic System

The diagnostic methods for the profile of the radiation source were estab-lished at first based on the pinhole imaging principle. In this paper, the relationships among various parameters of the gamma-rays crammer such as the modulation transfer function (MTF), the noise power spectrum (NPS), the signal-noise ratio (SNR) and the detective quantum efficiency (DQE) are developed and studied experimentally on the cobalt radiation source. The image diagnostic system is consisting with rays-fluorescence convertor (YAG crystal), optical imaging system, MCP image intensifier, CCD camera and other devices. The spatial resolution of the modulation transfer function (MTF) at 10% intensity was measured as 1 lp/mm by knife-edge method. The quantum of the measurement system is about 150 under weak radiation condition due to the single particle detection efficiency of the system. The dynamic range was inferred preliminarily as about 437. The required radiation intensity was calculated using the experiment result for the (SNR) = 1, 5, 10, respectively. The theoretical investigation results show that the radiation image with (SNR) = 1 can be only obtained when the pinhole diameter is 0.7 mm, object distance and image distance are both 200 cm, and the radiation intensity is about 1.0 × 1012 Sr-1·cm-2.

上海光源储存环X-ray针孔相机系统设计

上海光源(SSRF)储存环X-ray针孔相机系统主要由X-ray引出前端、衰减片、小孔、靶片、相机、PXI控制器及图像采集等构成,数据采集处理软件在LabVIEW平台上开发,与控制系统的接口通过EPICS Shared Memory IOCcore技术实现。2009年8月开始的长时间在线运行证明引出前端是安全的,在300mA运行时,测量引出窗的最高温度≤36℃。该系统设计合理、性能稳定,可在线实时测量数十μm束团横向截面尺寸,从而实现3.9nm·rad发射度的测量。

Design of a control system with high stability for a streak camera using isolated ADC

The streak camera is an ultra-fast diagnostic instrument with high sensitivity, and a high temporal and spatial resolution. It is primarily employed in various scientific research, such as inertial confinement fusion(ICF),synchrotron light sources, and electron–positron colliders.An automatic control system for an X-ray streak camera is presented in this paper. The output terminal of an analogto-digital converter was isolated from its input terminal, to reduce interference from high-voltage electrodes. Compared with traditional methods, this scheme also improved the internal electromagnetic interface immunity. Therefore,the system stability was enhanced. With this optimized control system, some characterizations of the streak camera were measured. Static and dynamic spatial resolutions of 25 and 20 lp/mm(CTF = 20%), respectively, were obtained. In addition, a dynamic range of 552:1 and a temporal resolution of 7.3 ps were achieved. The results confirmed that these characterizations are sufficient for the specifications derived from the diagnostic requirements of ICF.

Ultrafast two-dimensional x-ray imager with temporal fiducial pulses for laser-produced plasmas

It is challenging to make an ultrafast diagnosis of the temporal evolution of small and short-lived plasma in two dimensions. To overcome this difficulty, we have developed a well-timed diagnostic utilizing an x-ray streak camera equipped with a row of multi-pinhole arrays. By processing multiple sets of one-dimensional streaked image data acquired from various pinholes, we are capable of reconstructing high-resolution two-dimensional images with a temporal resolution of 38 ps and a spatial resolution of 18 μm. The temporal fiducial pulses accessed from external sources can advance the precise timing and accurately determine the arrival time of the laser. Moreover, it can correct the nonlinear sweeping speed of the streak camera. The effectiveness of this diagnostic has been successfully verified at the Shenguang-II laser facility,providing an indispensable tool for observing complex physical phenomena, such as the implosion process of laser-fusion experiments.

Improvement of Camera Calibration Accuracy Based on Periodic Arrangement Characteristics of Calibration Target Pattern

Conventional camera calibration that employs calibration targets is a commonly used method to acquire a camera’s intrinsic and/or extrinsic parameters. The calibration targets are usually designed as periodic arrays of simple high-contrast patterns that provide highly accurate world coordinate system points and the corresponding image pixel coordinate system points. The existing pixel coordinate extraction algorithms can reach a sub-pixel level; however, they treat each single pattern in one image as an independent individual, which makes it difficult to further improve extraction accuracy. In this paper, a novel method is proposed by utilizing the periodic arrangement characteristics of the calibration target pattern as a global constraint to improve the calibration accuracy. Based on a camera’s pinhole model, the intersection point of two fitted curves is used as an optimized pixel point to replace the initial one. Following the pixel coordinate optimization procedures, experiments were performed using real data from a 3D laser line scanner and a dynamic precision calibration target. Our results show that the relative errors of camera homography matrix elements obtained by the proposed optimization method were reduced compared with the commonly used method. The average coordinate measurement accuracy can be improved by nearly 0.05 mm. It is shown that the proposed optimization method can enhance the camera calibration accuracy, especially when the extracted pixels are of poorer precision. © 2017 Tianjin University and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

A rapid and convenient experimental method of absolutely calibrating transmission of x-ray flat-response filter

We develop a rapid and convenient experimental method of absolutely calibrating the transmission of an x-ray flatresponse filter. The calibration experiment is performed on a small laser-target facility, and a set of high resolution holographic flat-field grating spectrometers is used as a discrimination system of the laser-produced x-ray source. Given that the holographic flat-field grating has a relatively large width, the grating is divided into two regions for use in that direction,where one region has the filter added and the other region does not. The filter transmission is determined by dividing the x-ray signal counts detected when the filter is in the line of sight by those detected when the filter is out of the line of sight.We find that the calibration results of this experiment agree with the calibration results using a synchrotron radiation source,as well as simulation results. Our method is not only highly reliable but also rapid and convenient.

一种街景图像中建筑物高度估算方法

建筑物高度信息是城市三维建模的基础数据,但已有的建筑物高度估算研究多采用LiDAR和SAR等遥感影像。随着计算机和互联网的快速发展,街景数据因采集容易和成本低等特点成为了一种新兴的建筑物高度估算数据源。文章提出一种街景图像中建筑物高度估算方法,首先利用segment anything model实现图像中建筑物像素高度提取;然后利用图像元数据和电子地图数据获取建筑物与相机之间的距离、图像焦距,根据街景图像与建筑物实体的几何关系改进针孔相机模型,构建建筑物高度估算方法;最后选取北京、柏林的Mapillary街景图像开展实验验证。结果表明,与改进前相比,改进后针孔相机模型明显提升了高度估算准确度,RMSE降低了11.31 m,R^(2)提高了0.4,具备实用价值。

Channel model of pinhole gamma camera

The pinhole gamma camera is the basis of the newly developed method of high-resolution pinhole single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). In this paper, a pinhole gamma camera system was examined using the channel model of information theory. The model pinhole gamma camera was simplified from a noisy, lossy channel to a noiseless, lossless channel by assuming a plane source. An approximate formula of average mutual information for the pinhole gamma camera was then derived from the model. Imaging experiments validated the applicability of the analytic formula. The findings demonstrated that the pinhole gamma camera can be adequately described using the channel model of information theory, and that average mutual information can be considered a figure of merit for the optimizing design of the pinhole gamma camera.

基于摄像机标定的非接触式接触线导高和拉出值的检测

提出一种基于摄像机标定的非接触式接触线几何参数检测方法:在Matlab软件平台基础上,对CCD摄像机采集到的接触线二维图像进行预处理;利用迭代阈值法,对图像中由车载激光器发射到接触线上所形成的激光光斑的中心点进行定位;最后,根据摄像机针孔成像模型,将该激光光斑点在图像坐标系中的坐标与该点由摄像机标定的世界坐标系中的三维空间坐标建立对应关系,并据其算出接触线的几何参数。将用此方法计算与用光学测量仪对同一段实际线路测量的结果进行比较得知,此方法求得的拉出值与光学测量仪的实测值之差小于11mm,所得导高之差小于10mm。该结果表明:此方法较准确地计算出接触线导高、拉出值,可满足检测的需求。

摄像机自标定方法的研究与进展

该文回顾了近几年来摄像机自标定技术的发展 ,并分类介绍了其中几种主要方法 .同传统标定方法相比 ,自标定方法不需要使用标定块 ,仅根据图像间图像点的对应关系就能估计出摄像机内参数 .文中重点介绍了透视模型下的几种重要的自标定方法 ,包括内参数恒定和内参数可变两种情形 ;最后还简要介绍了几种非透视模型下的摄像机自标定方法 .

一种扩展小孔成像模型的鱼眼相机矫正与标定方法

鱼眼相机由于其超宽的视场范围(Field of view,FOV)(可以达到180°以上),得到越来越广泛的应用.常规的基于小孔成像模型的相机矫正与标定算法在超宽视场的鱼眼成像系统中已经不太适用,为了兼顾小孔模型的特点,本文提出了一种扩展小孔成像模型的鱼眼相机矫正与标定方法.此方法是对小孔成像模型的进一步拓展,不仅具备小孔模型实现简单、适合人眼视觉效果以及相机标定方便等优点,同时将小孔成像模型适用的视场范围扩展到超宽视场领域.其基本思路是:在利用小孔成像模型对鱼眼相机90°左右视场范围进行矫正与标定的基础上,使用非等间距的点阵模板,并结合直线拟合以及自然邻点插值算法,扩展小孔模型适用的视场范围.本文使用鱼眼相机从不同的角度拍摄多幅模板图,完成鱼眼相机的矫正与标定.通过求取的小孔成像模型参数实现相机的标定;对鱼眼相机拍摄的实际场景图进行畸变矫正测试,结果表明此方法能够很好地矫正鱼眼相机存在的畸变,得到符合人眼视觉效果的矫正图;单幅矫正图视场范围达到130°,结合不同角度拍摄的多幅模板图,可把矫正的视场范围扩展到180°.

大动态针孔相机在ICF激光焦斑诊断中的应用

在神光Ⅲ原型装置上,作为主要诊断设备的X光针孔相机发挥了重要的作用。论文提出了一种基于4×4的多针孔阵列板,该针孔阵列板具有测量动态范围大、视场大、瞄准精度要求降低、更换滤片次数减少等特点。同时在神光Ⅲ原型实验中使得针孔相机的实验数据获取率得到提高。

采用正向光线跟踪的照相机成像实时模拟

模拟了理想透镜模型和真实透镜模型的成像过程,采用从场景到底片的正向光线跟踪,计算底片所接收的光照度,真实地模拟底片的曝光过程·在改变透镜参数时,利用光线连贯性加快了绘制速度,这对于真实透镜模拟效果尤为明显·文中以两个几何场景和一幅景深很大的深度图像的摄像效果模拟为例,展示了不同参数下不同的景深和聚焦效果·