Is the end in sight for computed tomography?
European researchers at various sites on the continent are trying to develop an imaging system that can produce 3D images of internal anatomic structures from a single X-ray exposure.
They’re working with a light-field camera (also called a plenoptic camera), along with experimental lens-and-mirror configurations, specialized detectors and image-reconstruction algorithms.
In a four-minute video posted at euronews.com, a plasma physicist working on the project says the camera “has been shown to work in visible light. What we’re trying to do is to make it work in the x-ray spectrum.”
The video’s narrator says the research is “paving a way to a safer and more affordable alternative to computerized tomography.”
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