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Neutron Phase Imaging

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This chapter is dedicated to neutron phase imaging. We first review the underlying physical principles describing the phase shift that neutrons experience when they propagate through matter. Based on these principles we describe the three main approaches for neutron phase imaging and discuss their extension to three-dimensional neutron phase tomography. The chapter ends with a final discussion of the concept of coherence and its implications concerning practical neutron phase-imaging applications.

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    Pfeiffer, F. (2009). Neutron Phase Imaging. In: Bilheux, H., McGreevy, R., Anderson, I. (eds) Neutron Imaging and Applications. Neutron Scattering Applications and Techniques. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78693-3_8

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