X-ray phase imaging with the unified modulated pattern analysis of near-field speckles at a laboratory source

8siX-ray phase-contrast techniques are powerful methods for discerning features with similar densities, which are normally indistinguishable with conventional absorption contrast. While these techniques are well-established tools at large-scale synchrotron facilities, efforts have increasingly focused on implementations at laboratory sources for widespread use. X-ray speckle-based imaging is one of the phase-contrast techniques with high potential for translation to conventional x-ray systems. It yields phase-contrast, transmission, and dark-field images with high sensitivity using a relatively simple and cost-effective setup tolerant to divergent and polychromatic beams. Recently, we have introduced the unified modulated pattern analysis (UMPA) [Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 203903 (2017)], which further simplifies the translation of x-ray speckle-based imaging to low-brilliance sources. Here, we present the proof-of-principle implementation of UMPA speckle-based imaging at a microfocus liquid-metal-jet x-ray laboratory source.openopenM.-C. Zdora, I. Zanette, T. Walker, N. W. Phillips, R. Smith, H. Deyhle, S. Ahmed, P. ThibaultZdora, M. -C.; Zanette, I.; Walker, T.; Phillips, N. W.; Smith, R.; Deyhle, H.; Ahmed, S.; Thibault, P