Table 1 Parameters of dark-field images displayed in Fig. 4, cross sections for photoabsorption and inelastic energy loss, and dose, given the stoichiometries listed (see text and Eq. 1 and 2)

From: Dose-efficient scanning Compton X-ray microscopy

 

Pine pollen grain

Spirulina

Silicate diatom

Incident intensity (ph/ms)

1.63e+06

1.7e+06

1.50e+06

Exposure dwell time (ms)

50

150

24

Step size (nm)

50

30

60

Total exposure time

8 h 54 m

6 h 40 m

9 h 54 m

Assumed composition

H36C26NO18

H50C30N9O10S

SiO2

σdet (cm2/g)

0.025

0.025

0.027

σa (cm2/g)

0.010

0.017

0.051

\({\bar{{{\sigma }}}}_{{{inc}}}\) (cm2/g)

0.016

0.016

0.015

Dose (MGy)

0.81

9.0

0.63

Minimum (black) counts / ms

42

93

40

Maximum (white) counts / ms

173

135

114

Projected density (g/cm3 µm)

33.7

5.7

2.1

  1. The projected density is that corresponding to the full scale (black to white) of the displayed image