Project Details
Project Description
A sensitive new x-ray imaging technique will be established to provide biomedical researchers with the ability to look inside the living body and observe micron-scale biological processes that are essentially invisible with existing non-invasive imaging methods.
The new technique uses a reference intensity pattern, created by a grid, to determine how the sample changes the phase of incident x-rays, instead of simply looking at the sample's 'shadow'. The technique will be applied in an ongoing collaboration with Australian medical researchers to non-invasively monitor the airway surface in developing a cure for the Cystic Fibrosis fatal airway disease.
Key steps will be taken towards realising this technique as a clinical tool.
The new technique uses a reference intensity pattern, created by a grid, to determine how the sample changes the phase of incident x-rays, instead of simply looking at the sample's 'shadow'. The technique will be applied in an ongoing collaboration with Australian medical researchers to non-invasively monitor the airway surface in developing a cure for the Cystic Fibrosis fatal airway disease.
Key steps will be taken towards realising this technique as a clinical tool.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 3/01/12 → 31/12/17 |
Funding
- Australian Research Council (ARC): AUD255,000.00
- Australian Research Council (ARC): AUD120,000.00