TY - JOUR A1 - Zabler, S. A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Fratzl, P. A1 - Zaslansky, P. T1 - Fresnel-propagated imaging for the study of human tooth dentin by partially coherent x-ray tomography N2 - Recent methods of phase imaging in x-ray tomography allow the visualization of features that are not resolved in conventional absorption microtomography. Of these, the relatively simple setup needed to produce Fresnel-propagated tomograms appears to be well suited to probe tooth-dentin where composition as well as microstructure vary in a graded manner. By adapting analytical propagation approximations we provide predictions of the form of the interference patterns in the 3D images, which we compare to numerical simulations as well as data obtained from measurements of water immersed samples. Our observations reveal details of the tubular structure of dentin, and may be evaluated similarly to conventional absorption tomograms. We believe this exemplifies the power of Fresnel-propagated imaging as a form of 3D microscopy, well suited to quantify gradual microstructural-variations in teeth and similar tissues. KW - Fourier optics KW - Partial coherence in imaging KW - Tomography KW - X-ray imaging KW - Phase modulation KW - Dentistry KW - High resolution Sy-CT KW - Microstructure in human Teeth PY - 2006 DO - https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.008584 SN - 1094-4087 VL - 14 IS - 19 SP - 8584 EP - 8597 PB - Optical Society of America CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-13869 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -