Diffractive Imaging using Soft X-rays and Electrons

光学显微镜、电子显微镜和X射线显微镜为社会带来了巨大的生物洞察力和医学利益。光学显微镜能够对活组织成像，但分辨率相对较低。电子显微镜可以产生高分辨率的图像，但仅限于高度准备的材料。X射线显微镜产生的活组织图像的分辨率介于光学显微镜和电子显微镜之间。该项目将为澳大利亚科学家提供第一次在其最佳波长下使用X射线显微镜的机会；第二，它将为使用澳大利亚正在开发的独特方法增强X射线显微镜提供一个极好的试验台。

Optical, electron and x-ray microscopy has yielded enormous biological insights and medical benefits to society. Optical microscopy is able to image live tissue, but at relatively low resolution. Electron microscopy can yield high resolution images, but only of highly prepared material. X-ray microscopy yields images of live tissue with a resolution that is intermediate between optical and electron microscopy. This project will provide Australian scientists with their first access to x-ray microscopy at its optimum wavelength; and secondly it will provide a superb testbed for x-ray microscopy to be enhanced using unique methods being developed in Australia.