TY - CONF A1 - Kupsch, Andreas A1 - Hentschel, Manfred P. A1 - Lange, Axel A1 - Grothausmann, R. A1 - Manke, I. T1 - Application of the DIRECTT algorithm to sub-nanometer electron tomography T2 - DIR 2011 - International symposium on digital industrial raidology and computed tomography (Proceedings) N2 - Tomography data obtained from transmission electron microscopes are especially attractive due to their unrivaled spatial resolution in the nanometer range or even less, but they require enormous efforts in sample preparation and suffer from a diverse accumulation of experimental restrictions, which unavoidably result in fundamental reconstruction artifacts. These restrictions refer to: partial opacity, a limited view (limited angle or missing wedge), very few angles (with respect to the detector size), limited to a region of interest (ROI; due to the sample size), variable angular increments as well as sample degradation due the interactions with the electron beam. An advanced version of the DIRECTT (Direct Iterative Reconstruction of Computed Tomography Trajectories) algorithm proves to cope with most of these severe deviations from ideal CT measuring conditions. However, careful data preprocessing is required in order to exploit the capabilities of the algorithm. Nanometer sized Ruthenium catalyst particles for fuel cell applications are 3D imaged at a few Ångström resolution in order to estimate their partial free surface on carbon black supports, which rule the efficiency of the catalytic activity. Comparisons of DIRECTT reconstructions to the conventional filtered back projection, prove the significant improvements. T2 - DIR 2011 - International symposium on digital industrial raidology and computed tomography CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 20.06.2011 KW - Electron tomography KW - Computed tomography KW - Reconstruction algorithms PY - 2011 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-243577 SN - 978-3-940283-34-4 IS - DGZfP-BB 128 (Tu.3.3) SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - Deutsche Gesellscahft für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung e.V. (DGZfP) AN - OPUS4-24357 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kupsch, Andreas A1 - Lange, Axel A1 - Hentschel, Manfred P. A1 - Grothausmann, R. A1 - Arlt, Tobias A1 - Manke, I. T1 - High quality reconstruction of insufficient tomographic data by a new iterative procedure T2 - 18th WCNDT - World conference on nondestructive testing (Proceedings) N2 - In order to demonstrate the challenging tasks in current R&D applications in the field of renewable energy sources experimental neutron and electron tomographic data sets of PEM fuel cell components are processed by an advanced version of the DIRECTT algorithm. The neutron measurements of the water distribution suffer from several intrinsic limitations such as massive position dependent focal smearing due to the large primary neutron beam aperture. Electron (TEM) tomography allows characterisation of nanometre sized catalyst particles but is hampered by the following restrictions: partial opacity, a limited sector of projections (missing wedge), very few projections, samples exceeding the detector size (region of interest) and improper angular alignment. Beyond the capabilities of other algorithms DIRECTT proves to overcome these essential reconstruction problems, in comparison to FBP and SIRT. Nevertheless, careful data pre-processing is an inevitable requirement in order to fully exploit the algorithm's potentials. T2 - 18th WCNDT - World conference on nondestructive testing CY - Durban, South Africa DA - 2012-04-16 KW - Iterative reconstruction KW - DIRECTT KW - Neutron tomography KW - Electron tomography KW - Focal smearing KW - Limited View KW - Opacity KW - Fuel cell KW - Renewable energy PY - 2012 UR - http://www.ndt.net/article/wcndt2012/papers/207_wcndtfinal00207.pdf SN - 978-0-620-52872-6 SP - 1 EP - 8(?) AN - OPUS4-25833 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kupsch, Andreas A1 - Lange, Axel A1 - Hentschel, Manfred P. A1 - Lück, S. A1 - Schmidt, V. A1 - Hilger, A. A1 - Garcia-Moreno, F. A1 - Manke, I. T1 - Reconstruction of limited view tomography data by DIRECTT T2 - 18th WCNDT - World conference on nondestructive testing (Proceedings) N2 - Incomplete tomographic data sets such as limited view (missing wedge) data represent a well-known challenge for reconstruction algorithms, since they unavoidably lead to substantial image artefacts. Such data sets may occur in industrial computed tomography of limited access (e.g. extended components, fixed objects), directional opacity, limited sample life time or laminographic set-up. We present strategies to effectively suppress the typical elongation artefacts (e.g. lemon-like deformed pores) by our iterative algorithm DIRECTT which offers the opportunity to vary the versatile reconstruction parameters within each cycle. Those strategies are applied to experimental data obtained from metallic foams as well as model simulations. Comparison is drawn to state-ofthe- art techniques (filtered backprojection and algebraic techniques). Further reference is made to reconstructions of complete data sets serving as gold standards. For quantitative assessment of the reconstruction quality adapted techniques based on spatial statistics are introduced. T2 - 18th WCNDT - World conference on nondestructive testing CY - Durban, South Africa DA - 2012-04-16 KW - Computed tomography KW - Limited tomographic data KW - Iterative reconstruction KW - DIRECTT KW - Limited view KW - Missing wedge KW - Spatial statistics PY - 2012 UR - http://www.ndt.net/article/wcndt2012/papers/208_wcndtfinal00208.pdf SN - 978-0-620-52872-6 SP - 1 EP - 9(?) AN - OPUS4-25834 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Lange, Axel A1 - Hentschel, Manfred P. A1 - Kupsch, Andreas A1 - Jaenisch, Gerd-Rüdiger A1 - Kardjilov, N. A1 - Tötzke, C. A1 - Markötter, H. A1 - Hilger, A. A1 - Manke, I. T1 - X-ray compton tomography T2 - ECNDT 2014 Proceedings N2 - The potentials of incoherent X-ray Scattering (Compton) tomography are investigated. Imaging materials of very different density or atomic number at once is a perpetual challenge for X-ray tomography or radiography, in general. In a basic laboratory set-up for simultaneous perpendicular Compton Scattering and direct beam attenuation tomographic scans are conducted by single channel photon counting. This results in asymmetric distortions of the projection profiles of the scattering CT-data set. ln a first approach corrections of Compton scattering data by taking advantage of rotational symmetry yield tomograms without major geometric artefacts. A cylindrical sample composed of PE, PA, PVC, glass and wood demonstrates similar Compton contrast for all the substances, while the conventional absorption tomogram only reveals the two high order materials. Compärison to neutron tomography reveals astonishing similarities except for the glass component (without hydrogen). Therefore, Compton CT bears the potential to replace neutron tomography, which requires much more efforts. T2 - ECNDT 2014 - 11th European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 06.10.2014 KW - X-ray compton scattering KW - Computed tomography KW - Neutron tomography PY - 2014 SN - 978-80-214-5018-9 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Brno University of Technology CY - Brno AN - OPUS4-31972 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -