Angular dispersive diffraction microCT of small breast tissue samples

A diffraction microCT system was used at a synchrotron radiation source to create images of small breast tissue samples which highlight the fatty regions within the samples. Transmission microCT images of the samples were also obtained for correlation with, and attenuation correction of, the diffraction images. The results show that diffraction techniques have the ability to increase contrast between tissue types and also that an attenuation correction has no significant effect when imaging small tissue samples at mammographic energies.