X-ray Microscopy

A complete introduction to x-ray microscopy, covering optics, 3D and chemical imaging, lensless imaging, radiation damage, and applications.

Chris Jacobsen (Author)

9781107076570, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 19 December 2019

587 pages, 273 b/w illus.
25.4 x 18.4 x 3 cm, 1.35 kg

'This text provides an in-depth examination of X-ray microscopy … Though the title suggests the volume focuses on a narrow topic, the fact that almost half the book covers broader physics and microscopy topics makes it potentially relevant to a much wider audience. Readers with the necessary background can take advantage of the mathematical explanations behind the physics. All readers can enjoy the limericks that conclude each chapter.' T. P. Owen Jr., Choice

Written by a pioneer in the field, this text provides a complete introduction to X-ray microscopy, providing all of the technical background required to use, understand and even develop X-ray microscopes. Starting from the basics of X-ray physics and focusing optics, it goes on to cover imaging theory, tomography, chemical and elemental analysis, lensless imaging, computational methods, instrumentation, radiation damage, and cryomicroscopy, and includes a survey of recent scientific applications. Designed as a 'one-stop' text, it provides a unified notation, and shows how computational methods in different areas are linked with one another. Including numerous derivations, and illustrated with dozens of examples throughout, this is an essential text for academics and practitioners across engineering, the physical sciences and the life sciences who use X-ray microscopy to analyze their specimens, as well as those taking courses in X-ray microscopy.

1. X-ray microscopes: a short introduction
2. A bit of history
3. X-ray physics
4. Imaging Physics
5. X-ray focusing optics
6. X-ray microscope systems
7. X-ray microscope instrumentation
8. X-ray tomography
9. X-ray spectromicroscopy
10. Coherent imaging
11. Radiation damage and cryo microscopy
12. Applications, and future prospects.

Subject Areas: Applied optics [TTB], Materials science [TGM], Condensed matter physics [liquid state & solid state physics PHFC], Microscopy [PDND], Medical imaging [MMP]