Purpose To explore the potential of X-ray imaging for early-stage lung cancer screening and to help finding an optimal lung cancer screening method.Methods Experimentally and simulatively comparing performances of dif...Purpose To explore the potential of X-ray imaging for early-stage lung cancer screening and to help finding an optimal lung cancer screening method.Methods Experimentally and simulatively comparing performances of different X-ray techniques(absorption-contrast imaging and phase-contrast imaging)for model lung cancer samples.Results Absorption imaging shows performance equal to or better than that of low-radiation dose.Conclusion Absorption imaging is still the most promising imaging method for early lung cancer detection.展开更多
基金We sincerely appreciated the kind assistance of the staff of the 4W1A beamline of the Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility and the BL13W1 beamline of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radi-ation Facility.Our researches are funded by NSFC 11305200NSFC U1732108NSFC 11675208 and NSFC 11627901。
文摘Purpose To explore the potential of X-ray imaging for early-stage lung cancer screening and to help finding an optimal lung cancer screening method.Methods Experimentally and simulatively comparing performances of different X-ray techniques(absorption-contrast imaging and phase-contrast imaging)for model lung cancer samples.Results Absorption imaging shows performance equal to or better than that of low-radiation dose.Conclusion Absorption imaging is still the most promising imaging method for early lung cancer detection.