Image reconstruction method in grating interferometer with phase stepping using grating position and dose fluctuation correction

Abstract In this paper, we propose a method for reducing artifacts in X-ray and neutron grating interferometer imaging by optimizing the grating position and dose fluctuation. Grating interferometer can obtain additional information about the object, such as phase-contrast image and dark-field image, compared to traditional X-ray imaging. However, several errors such as inaccurate grating positions and non-uniform X-ray intensity can cause artifacts in the image and degrade image quality. The proposed method can reduce the artifacts by minimizing the value in the sample-free region in the transmission and dark-field images. We conducted experiments on both simulated and X-ray and neutron experimental data and demonstrated the effectiveness of our method.