Tabletop imaging camera can capture ‘see-through’ medical videos of beating hearts using a lower radiation dose than traditional methods
3-MIN READ3-MIN1 ListenVictoria BelaPublished: 12:00pm, 24 Aug 2026Chinese scientists have developed a new tabletop X-ray ghost imaging method that allows them to capture real-time “see-through” video of fast-moving objects.The team’s system could be used to capture dynamic objects such as rotating aircraft engines or biological movements like a beating heart.
Importantly, this could all be accomplished with a lower radiation dose and simpler set-up than traditional X-ray methods.
“In contrast to other available X-ray imaging techniques for moving objects, our method can be implemented with a conventional tabletop X-ray source,” the team said in a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Communications Physics on August 15.
“The set-up is simple, relatively inexpensive and easy to operate.”
