X-ray phase-contrast tomography of breast tissue specimen with a multi-aperture analyser synchrotron set-up

We report on the application of the multi-aperture analyser X-ray Phase-Contrast imaging (XPCI) technique to the three-dimensional imaging of breast tissue samples. The experiment was conducted at the SYRMEP beamline (Elettra synchrotron, Italy) with a monochromatic X-ray beam. Along with the presentation of the methodology and resulting images, the potential extension of this approach to enable in-vivo applications at acceptable doses is discussed.