Over the past two decades, numerous X-ray microbeam studies have been published addressing the nondestructive investigation of chemical element distribution in condensed heterogeneous media. Based on this literature, some aspects of the field are discussed in this paper, including X-ray focusing methods, elemental imaging techniques, scanning and confocal X-ray fluorescence microscopy, full-field X-ray fluorescence microscopy, X-ray fluorescence tomography, and prospects for combining X-ray fluorescence imaging with synchrotron radiation methods.

Keywords: X-rays, X-ray fluorescence, X-ray focusing optics, X-ray fluorescent microscopy, X-ray tomography, X-ray spectroscopy, synchrotron radiation PACS: 41.50.+h, 42.79.−e, 61.05.cj, 87.59.−e (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.2017.07.038174 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2018/10/d/ 000454141800004 2-s2.0-85059201164 2018PhyU...61..980L Citation: Lider V V "X-ray fluorescence imaging" Phys. Usp. 61 980–999 (2018) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Received: 17th, May 2017, revised: 3rd, July 2017, accepted: 12th, July 2017 Оригинал: Лидер В В «Рентгеновская флуоресцентная визуализация» УФН 188 1081–1102 (2018); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.2017.07.038174