Development of High-Speed Fluorescent X-Ray Micro-Computed Tomography

A high‐speed fluorescent x‐ray CT (FXCT) system using monochromatic synchrotron x rays was developed to detect very low concentration of medium‐Z elements for biomedical use. The system is equipped two types of high purity germanium detectors, and fast electronics and software. Preliminary images of a 10mm diameter plastic phantom containing channels field with iodine solutions of different concentrations showed a minimum detection level of 0.002 mg I/ml at an in‐plane spatial resolution of 100μm. Furthermore, the acquisition time was reduced about 1/2 comparing to previous system. The results indicate that FXCT is a highly sensitive imaging modality capable of detecting very low concentration of iodine, and that the method has potential in biomedical applications.