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Acta Crystallogr A Found Adv ; 73(Pt 1): 19-29, 2017 Jan 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28042800

ABSTRACT

This paper presents an investigation of the reconstructibility of coherent X-ray diffractive imaging diffraction patterns for a class of binary random `bitmap' objects. Combining analytical results and numerical simulations, the critical fluence per bitmap pixel is determined, for arbitrary contrast values (absorption level and phase shift), both for the optical near- and far-field. This work extends previous investigations based on information theory, enabling a comparison of the amount of information carried by single photons in different diffraction regimes. The experimental results show an order-of-magnitude agreement.

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Biophys J ; 109(9): 1986-95, 2015 Nov 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26536275

ABSTRACT

The structural investigation of noncrystalline, soft biological matter using x-rays is of rapidly increasing interest. Large-scale x-ray sources, such as synchrotrons and x-ray free electron lasers, are becoming ever brighter and make the study of such weakly scattering materials more feasible. Variants of coherent diffractive imaging (CDI) are particularly attractive, as the absence of an objective lens between sample and detector ensures that no x-ray photons scattered by a sample are lost in a limited-efficiency imaging system. Furthermore, the reconstructed complex image contains quantitative density information, most directly accessible through its phase, which is proportional to the projected electron density of the sample. If applied in three dimensions, CDI can thus recover the sample's electron density distribution. As the extension to three dimensions is accompanied by a considerable dose applied to the sample, cryogenic cooling is necessary to optimize the structural preservation of a unique sample in the beam. This, however, imposes considerable technical challenges on the experimental realization. Here, we show a route toward the solution of these challenges using ptychographic CDI (PCDI), a scanning variant of coherent imaging. We present an experimental demonstration of the combination of three-dimensional structure determination through PCDI with a cryogenically cooled biological sample--a budding yeast cell (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)--using hard (7.9 keV) synchrotron x-rays. This proof-of-principle demonstration in particular illustrates the potential of PCDI for highly sensitive, quantitative three-dimensional density determination of cryogenically cooled, hydrated, and unstained biological matter and paves the way to future studies of unique, nonreproducible biological cells at higher resolution.


Subject(s)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae/cytology , Tomography/methods , X-Ray Diffraction/methods , Computer Simulation , Electrons , Freezing , Imaging, Three-Dimensional/methods , Models, Theoretical , Photons , Radiation Dosage , X-Ray Diffraction/instrumentation , X-Rays
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J Appl Crystallogr ; 48(Pt 2): 464-476, 2015 Apr 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25844079

ABSTRACT

Quantitative waveguide-based X-ray phase contrast imaging has been carried out on the level of single, unstained, unsliced and freeze-dried bacterial cells of Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus subtilis using hard X-rays of 7.9 keV photon energy. The cells have been prepared in the metabolically dormant state of an endospore. The quantitative phase maps obtained by iterative phase retrieval using a modified hybrid input-output algorithm allow for mass and mass density determinations on the level of single individual endospores but include also large field of view investigations. Additionally, a direct reconstruction based on the contrast transfer function is investigated, and the two approaches are compared. Depending on the field of view and method, a resolution down to 65 nm was achieved at a maximum applied dose of below 5 × 105 Gy. Masses in the range of about ∼110-190 (20) fg for isolated endospores have been obtained.

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Phys Rev Lett ; 114(4): 048103, 2015 Jan 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25679911

ABSTRACT

We demonstrate nanoscale x-ray holographic imaging using optimized illumination wave fronts emitted by x-ray waveguide channels. Mode filtering minimizes wave-front distortions and artifacts encountered in most hard x-ray focusing schemes, enabling quantitative reconstruction of the projected density, as evidenced by a test pattern imaged with a field of view of about 20×40 µm and at 22 nm resolution. The dose efficiency and contrast sensitivity make the optical scheme compatible with samples of intrinsically low contrast, typical for hydrated soft matter. This is demonstrated by imaging bacteria in the hydrated and living state, with quantitative phase contrast revealing dense structures of the bacterial nucleoids associated with compactified DNA. In response to continued irradiation, characteristic changes in these dense structures are observed.


Subject(s)
Deinococcus/cytology , Holography/methods , DNA, Bacterial/chemistry , Holography/instrumentation , Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods , Solutions , X-Rays
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Opt Express ; 20(17): 19232-54, 2012 Aug 13.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23038565

ABSTRACT

Ptychographic coherent X-ray diffractive imaging (PCDI) has been combined with nano-focus X-ray diffraction to study the structure and density distribution of unstained and unsliced bacterial cells, using a hard X-ray beam of 6.2keV photon energy, focused to about 90nm by a Fresnel zone plate lens. While PCDI provides images of the bacteria with quantitative contrast in real space with a resolution well below the beam size at the sample, spatially resolved small angle X-ray scattering using the same Fresnel zone plate (cellular nano-diffraction) provides structural information at highest resolution in reciprocal space up to 2nm(-1). We show how the real and reciprocal space approach can be used synergistically on the same sample and with the same setup. In addition, we present 3D hard X-ray imaging of unstained bacterial cells by a combination of ptychography and tomography.


Subject(s)
Deinococcus/physiology , Deinococcus/ultrastructure , Microscopy, Polarization/instrumentation , Nanotechnology/instrumentation , Pattern Recognition, Automated/methods , Tomography, X-Ray Computed/instrumentation , Computer-Aided Design , Equipment Design , Equipment Failure Analysis
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