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Adaptive X-ray imaging with reinforcement learning.

Tobias Boltz¹, Daniel Ratner¹, Samuel M Webb¹

¹SLAC National Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.

Journal of Synchrotron Radiation

|November 13, 2025

Summary

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This study introduces adaptive X-ray imaging using reinforcement learning to speed up scans. By intelligently focusing on informative areas, this method accelerates measurements significantly compared to traditional techniques.

Keywords:

X-ray imaging reinforcement learning synchrotron radiation

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Area of Science:

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Biological Imaging
Environmental Science

Background:

Synchrotron light sources are crucial for high-intensity X-ray imaging but are limited and in high demand.
Standard raster scanning methods are inefficient for sparse samples, wasting time on uninformative areas.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a more efficient X-ray imaging technique by adaptively distributing exposure.
To maximize information gain within a limited time budget for X-ray microscopy.

Main Methods:

Formulated adaptive X-ray scanning as a reinforcement learning problem.
Developed agents to generate sequential exposure maps based on previous measurements.
Simulated the adaptive illumination strategy.

Main Results:

Simulations showed adaptive illumination can accelerate X-ray measurements by up to an order of magnitude.
The approach intelligently directs exposure to informative regions, reducing scan time.
Successfully deployed trained agents on an X-ray fluorescence beamline.

Conclusions:

Reinforcement learning offers a powerful framework for optimizing X-ray imaging acquisition.
Adaptive illumination significantly enhances the efficiency of synchrotron-based X-ray microscopy.
This method holds promise for accelerating research in various scientific fields.