This PhD thesis documents the development and optimization of a novel, high-energy large-animal X-ray dark-field (XDF) imaging system which overcomes the limitations of currently established setups. As the main result the very first in-vivo XDF chest radiographs of a pig with a field-of-view of 32cm x 32cm were acquired in 40sec scan time with an effective imaging dose of 0.08mSv. This result is a milestone in the bench-to-bedside translation of XDF imaging, with first human studies now at reach.
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This PhD thesis documents the development and optimization of a novel, high-energy large-animal X-ray dark-field (XDF) imaging system which overcomes the limitations of currently established setups. As the main result the very first in-vivo XDF chest radiographs of a pig with a field-of-view of 32cm x 32cm were acquired in 40sec scan time with an effective imaging dose of 0.08mSv. This result is a milestone in the bench-to-bedside translation of XDF imaging, with first human studies now at reach...
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