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Note: Every talk includes 3 minutes Q&A session. 


Monday, 8 April 2024

12:00-18:00

Registration (SIAT Main Lobby)

 

Tutorial Session (SIAT, A504 Meeting Room)

14:00-14:10

Opening Remarks

14:10-14:50

Fundamentals and historical view of X-ray phase imaging, Atsushi Momose, Tohoku University, Japan

14:50-15:30

Grating-based X-ray Phase- and Darkfield-Contrast for Medical Imaging Applications: Opportunities & Challenges, Franz Pfeiffer, Technical University Munich, Germany

15:30-16:10

Synchrotron-based tomographic X-ray microscopy and beyond, Marco Stampanoni, Paul Scherrer Institute/ETH Zurich, Swizterland

16:10-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-17:10

(Online) Grating based neutron dark-field contrast imaging, Markus Strobl, Paul Scherrer Institute, Swizterland

17:10-17:50

Recent progress in developing processes of nanoscale gratings for phase imaging applications, Yifang Chen, Fudan University, China

18:30-20:30

Reception  (SIAT, D6 Jiusifang Cafeteria 九思坊)


Tuesday, 9 April 2024 (SIAT, A504 Meeting Room)

8:30-8:50

Opening Remarks

 

Session 1: Method & instrumentation
Chair: Tiqiao Xiao

8:50-9:20

Invited talk 1: Sensitivity Enhancement in Grating-Based X-ray/Neutron Phase Imaging with Concave and Convex Parabolic Phase Gratings, Atsushi Momose, Tohoku University, Japan

9:20-9:50

Invited talk 2: Grating-Based X-ray Phase-Contrast and Dark-Field Imaging: Recent Results from Basics Experimental Research, Algorithmic Developments and Clinical Translation from the Munich Lab, Franz Pfeiffer, Technical University of Munich, Germany

9:50-10:10

Oral 1: Toward forward-model-based dark-field material decomposition, Franziska Hinterdobler, Technical University of Munich, Germany

10:10-10:40

Coffee Break & Photo

 

Session 2: Method & instrumentation
Chair: Atsushi Momose, Lucia Romano

10:40-11:10

Invited talk 3: Recent results and developments in edge-illumination x-ray phase contrast imaging, Alessandro Olivo, University College London, UK

11:10-11:30

Oral 2: Single-mask X-ray multimodal imaging for the investigation of dynamic processes across the life and physical sciences, Lorenzo Massimi, National Research Council of Italy, Italy

11:30-11:50

Oral 3: X-ray ghost imaging with a prior-recorded speckle reference, Jie Tang, SINAP, China

11:50-12:10

Oral 4: Energy resolving dark-field imaging with dual phase grating interferometer, Yuhang Tan, SIAT, China

12:10-13:30

Lunch  (SIAT, D6 Jiusifang Cafeteria 九思坊)

 

Session 3: Grating development
Chair: Franz Pfeiffer, Jakob Häusele

13:30-14:00

Invited talk 4: The challenge of silicon-based manufacturing for high aspect ratio X-ray optics: a holistic approach, Lucia Romano, University and ETH Zürich, Switzerland

14:00-14:20

Oral 5: Bottom-up Au electroplating of high-aspect-ratio Si-based X-ray microgratings, Liyang Chen, University and ETH Zürich, Switzerland

14:20-14:40

Oral 6: Patterning methods for MacEtch of high aspect ratio X-ray optics, Bryan Benz, University of Basel, Switzerland

14:40-15:00

Oral 7: Gratings microfabrication by displacement Talbot lithography and deep reactive ion etching, Qihui Yu, University and ETH Zürich, Switzerland

15:00-15:20

Oral 8: Fabrication of 500µm deep masks for higher energy X-ray Phase Contrast Imaging, Alessandro Rossi, University College London, UK

15:20-15:40

Coffee Break

 

Session 3: Method & instrumentation
Chair: Alessandro Olivo, Matteo Busi

15:40-16:10

Invited talk 5: Dark-field retrieval via the X-ray Fokker-Planck equation, Kaye Morgan, Monash University, Australia

16:10-16:30

Oral 9: A simulation study of optimized-aperture gratings for edge illumination cone-beam phase contrast x-ray imaging, Pieter-Jan Vanthienen, University of Antwerp, Belgium

16:30-16:50

Oral 10: Single-exposure x-ray dark-field imaging: on the quantification of sample microstructure using a single-grid setup, Ying Ying How, Monash University, Australia

16:50-17:10

Oral 11: Implementation of hard x-ray dual-phase grating interferometer at UGCT, Ruizhi Tang, Ghent University, Belgium

17:10-17:30

Oral 12: Gratings for X-ray and neutron DPCI: what's new, R. Fettig, microworks GmbH, Germany

18:00-20:00

Banquet (Genpla Hotel, Floor 6)


Wednesday, 10 April 2024 (SIAT, A504 Meeting Room)

 

Session 1: Neutron imaging
Chair: Yoshichika Seki

8:30-9:00

Invited talk 6: Multi-directional neutron dark-field imaging with single absorption grating, Matteo Busi, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland

9:00-9:30

Invited talk 7: Grating based neutron phase contrast imaging at CSNS, Jie Chen, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS, China

9:30-10:00

Invited talk 8: Neutron Phase Imaging of Additively Manufactured Metallic Materials at Kyoto University Reactor, Yoshichika Seki, Tohoku University, Japan

10:00-10:20

Coffee Break

 

Session 2: Method & instrumentation
Chair: Marco Stampanoni, Yongshuai Ge

10:20-10:50

Invited talk 9: Quantitative modeling of dark-field image formation, Fabio De Marco, University of Trieste, Italy

10:50-11:10

Oral 13: On spaces of scattering functions in AXDT reconstruction, Ruifeng Liu, Tsinghua University, China

11:10-11:30

Oral 14: Assessing Image Quality in Grating Interferometry Breast CT: A Qualitative Study with Fresh Tumorectomy Scans, Stefanie Kaser, ETH Zürich and University of Zürich, Switzerland

11:30-11:50

Oral 15: Adaptation of a single 2D grating phase contrast technique on laser-based Kα X-ray source, Adrien Stolidi, Université Paris-Saclay, France

11:50-12:10

Oral 16: Single 2D-grating X-ray phase contrast imaging dedicated to quantitative characterisation of Carbon material damaged by induced lightning, Laureen Guitard, Université Paris-Saclay, France

12:10-13:30

Lunch  (SIAT, D6 Jiusifang Cafeteria 九思坊)

 

Session 3: Method & instrumentation
Chair: Fabio De Marco, Kaye Morgan

13:30-14:00

Invited talk 10: Challenges of grating-interferometry X-ray imaging of the breast, Michał Rawlik, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

14:00-14:20

Oral 17: Recent development in X-ray phase contrast imaging at NSRL, Zhao Wu, University of Science and Technology of China, China

14:20-14:40

Oral 18: Variance of refraction as a signal and the absolute nature of scattering measurements not based on fringe visibility reduction, I. Buchanan, University College London, UK

14:40-15:00

Oral 19: Inline edge illumination through sample mask misalignment: a proof of concept, Nicholas Francken, University of Antwerp, Belgium

15:00-15:20

Oral 20: Artifacts and corrective strategies in X-ray phase imaging using 2D gratings, Georges Giakoumakis, Université Paris-Saclay, France

15:20-15:40

Coffee Break

 

Session 4: Method & instrumentation
Chair: Yifang Chen, Jie Chen

15:40-16:00

Oral 21: Hybrid tomographic reconstruction in grating interferometry breast CT: physics-based likelihood meets data-driven prior, Stefano van Gogh, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

16:00-16:20

Oral 22: Enhanced detection of threats in a single scan utilizing phase-based X-ray imaging techniques and deep neural networks, Alessandro Olivo, University College London, UK

16:20-16:40

Oral 23: Source Phase Stepping for grating interferometry using Addressable Cold-Cathode Flat-Panel X-ray Source, Yuan Xu, Southern Medical University, China

16:40-17:00

Oral 24: Quantification of grating defects using simulation and measurements on the visibility of a Talbot-Lau interferometer, Alexandre Vieira Pereira, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

17:00-17:10

Sponsor 1: Top-Unistar  Science & Technology Co., Ltd, China

17:10-17:20

Sponsor 2: Dandong Aolong Radioactive Instrument Group Co. Ltd, China

17:20-17:30

Sponsor 3: Quantum Design, China

17:30-18:00

Visit SIAT

18:00-19:30

Poster Session (SIAT, D1 Main Lobby)

19:30-20:30

Selection of the William H.F. Talbot Award (ONLY for nominees and WHFT Committee members,  B220 conference roon)


Thursday, 11 April 2024

08:30-16:00

Visiting China Spallation Neutron Source


Friday, 12 April 2024 (SIAT, A504 Meeting Room)

 

Session 1: Application
Chair: GeHenriette Bast,  Jakob Häusele

8:30-9:00

Invited talk 11: Development of intensity-correlation X-ray imaging method and applications (phase contrast, move contrast  and ghost imaging), Tiqiao Xiao, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, CAS, China

9:00-9:30

Invited talk 12: Dual phase grating interferometry theory and applications, Yongshuai Ge, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, CAS, China

9:30-9:50

Oral 25: X-ray Dark-field Computed Tomography for Monitoring of Tissue Freezing, Dominik John, Technical University of Munich, Germany

9:50-10:10

Oral 26: Laboratory-based x-ray microscopy for three-dimensional soft tissue imaging using intensity-modulation masks, Michela Esposito, University College London, UK

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

 

Session 2: Application
Chair: Peiping Zhu, Zhentian Wang

10:30-11:00

Invited talk 13: Clinical Dark-Field Radiography of the Human Lungs, Henriette Bast, Technical University of Munich, Germany

11:00-11:30

Invited talk 14: X-ray Dark-Field Computed Tomography at the Human-Scale:  Challenges and Implementation of a First Prototype, Jakob Häusele, Technical University of Munich, Germany

11:30-11:50

Oral 27: Dark-field lung imaging without analyser grating, Simon Spindler, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

11:50-12:10

Oral 28: Optimization of Dark-field CT for Lung Imaging, Peiyuan Guo, Tsinghua University, China

12:10-13:30

Lunch  (SIAT, D6 Jiusifang Cafeteria 九思坊)

 

Session 3: Method & instrumentation
Chair: Jinchuan Guo, Yongshuai Ge

13:30-14:00

Invited talk 15: Opportunities in dark-field imaging for characterizing novel materials systems, Matias Kagias, Lund University, Sweden

14:00-14:20

Oral 29: Sensitivity calculation for the dual phase grating interferometer by Lau condition, Jun Yang, Institute of Advanced Science Facilities, China

14:20-14:40

Oral 30: Single-shot thickness profile metrology of phase objects based on precision phase retrieval of X-ray speckle tracking imaging, Wenjie Hao, SINAP, China

14:40-15:00

Oral 31: High-Resolution Multi-Contrast Tomography with an X-ray Micro Array Anode Structured Target Source, Guibin Zan, Sigray, USA

15:00-15:10

Award Announcement

15:10-15:20

Announcement of XNPIG 2026

15:20-15:30

Closing Remarks