PITRE (Phase-sensitive x-ray Image processing and Tomography REconstruction) is a software developed by INFN Trieste n order to facilitate and standardize the simulation and elaboration of X-ray phase contrast images. The acronym PITRE in Italian is pronounced /'pi.tre/; the pronunciation is the same of “P3”, which is then chosen as a logo for the PITRE program. A batch processing manager for PITRE, called PITRE_BM, can execute a series of tasks ("jobs"), which is created via PITRE, without manual intervention.
PITRE is freeware and allows:
- phase retrieval for propagation-based X-ray phase-contrast imaging/tomography (PPCT)
- extraction of apparent absorption, refraction and ultra-small-angle scattering images for analyzer-based X-ray phase-contrast imaging/tomography (DEI-CT)
- parallel beam extended view CT data handling
- tomography reconstruction: parallel beam CT, PPCT and DEI-CT, employing filter back-projection and GRIDREC algorithms
- images format conversion or cropping
- and lots more
