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    • Medical Imaging
    • Materials Science

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    • X-ray phase-contrast imaging (XPCi) offers enhanced sensitivity for material differentiation compared to conventional radiography.
    • Grating-based imaging (GBI) and propagation-based imaging (PBI) are two prominent XPCi techniques.
    • Laboratory x-ray sources present unique challenges and opportunities for XPCi.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To compare the radiation dose requirements of GBI and PBI for high-resolution imaging using a laboratory x-ray source.
    • To evaluate the performance of both techniques under monochromatic and polychromatic radiation conditions.
    • To assess the imaging quality and quantitative capabilities of GBI and PBI on biological samples.

    Main Methods:

    • Simulations and experimental investigations were conducted using a liquid-metal-jet x-ray microfocus source.
    • Radiation doses were simulated as a function of sample diameter for both monochromatic and polychromatic radiation.
    • Imaging performance was evaluated on a biological sample, assessing noise levels and quantitative reconstruction capabilities.

    Main Results:

    • Simulations indicated that PBI requires lower doses for small features and GBI for larger features under monochromatic radiation.
    • Under polychromatic radiation (typical of laboratory sources), PBI demonstrated lower dose requirements across a wide range of feature sizes.
    • GBI exhibited higher noise levels than PBI on a biological sample, but offered quantitative refractive index reconstruction for multi-material samples.

    Conclusions:

    • PBI is generally more dose-efficient than GBI for high-resolution XPCi with polychromatic laboratory sources, particularly for biological samples.
    • GBI retains an advantage in quantitative multi-material analysis, despite potentially higher noise.
    • The choice between GBI and PBI depends on the specific application, sample characteristics, and radiation constraints.