XDesign: an open‐source software package for designing X‐ray imaging phantoms and experiments

• Published in: Journal of synchrotron radiation Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 537 - 544
• Main Authors: Ching, Daniel J., Gürsoy, Dogˇa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 5 Abbey Square, Chester, Cheshire CH1 2HU, England International Union of Crystallography 01.03.2017; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Algorithms; Computer aided tomography; Computer simulation; Data acquisition; experiment design; INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; Open source software; open-source; phantom; Python; quality; Reconstruction; scanning X-ray probe; simulation; Software packages; Source code; tomography; X rays; phantom; experiment design; simulation; tomography; scanning X-ray probe; reconstruction; data acquisition; open-source; Python; quality
• ISSN: 1600-5775; 0909-0495; 1600-5775
• DOI: 10.1107/S1600577517001928

The development of new methods or utilization of current X‐ray computed tomography methods is impeded by the substantial amount of expertise required to design an X‐ray computed tomography experiment from beginning to end. In an attempt to make material models, data acquisition schemes and reconstruction algorithms more accessible to researchers lacking expertise in some of these areas, a software package is described here which can generate complex simulated phantoms and quantitatively evaluate new or existing data acquisition schemes and image reconstruction algorithms for targeted applications. A new framework for comprehensive simulation of X‐ray computed tomography and tomography quality assessment is described.