TXM-Wizard: a program for advanced data collection and evaluation in full-field transmission X-ray microscopy.

Area of Science:

• Materials Science
• Physics
• Biophysics

Background:

• Transmission X-ray Microscopy (TXM) offers high-resolution, non-destructive 3D imaging.
• Advancements in TXM necessitate improved system control and data analysis tools.

Purpose of the Study:

• To present a new MATLAB software package for Transmission X-ray Microscopy (TXM).
• To provide tools for automating TXM experiments and analyzing complex datasets.

Main Methods:

• Development of a MATLAB software package with two toolkits: a script generator and a data analysis package.
• Implementation of automated script generation for complex experimental tasks.
• Inclusion of computationally intensive data processing for mosaic and mosaic tomography, dual-energy contrast imaging, and X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) imaging.
• Integration of analytical and iterative tomography reconstruction algorithms.

Main Results:

• The software package automates complex TXM experiments involving numerous motor movements.
• It efficiently processes advanced TXM datasets, including mosaic tomography and dual-energy imaging.
• The package incorporates robust tomography reconstruction algorithms.

Conclusions:

• The developed MATLAB software package enhances TXM capabilities for system control and data analysis.
• This freely available tool supports researchers in extracting detailed 3D structural information from nanoscale samples.
• The software facilitates advanced imaging techniques and data reconstruction in TXM.