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Nevertheless, until now, Talbot\u2013Lau interferometry has been a time-consuming process due to image acquisition by phase-stepping procedures. Thus, methods to accelerate the image acquisition process in Talbot\u2013Lau interferometry would be desirable. This is especially important for medical applications to avoid motion artifacts. In this work, the Talbot\u2013Lau interferometry is combined with the moir\u00e9 imaging approach. Firstly, the reconstruction algorithm of moir\u00e9 imaging is improved compared to the standard reconstruction methods in moir\u00e9 imaging that have been published until now. Thus, blurring artifacts resulting from the reconstruction in the frequency domain can be reduced. Secondly, the improved reconstruction algorithm allows for reducing artifacts in the reconstructed images resulting from inhomogeneities of the moir\u00e9 pattern in large fields of view. Hence, the feasibility of differential phase-contrast imaging with regard to the integration into workflows in medical imaging and non-destructive testing is improved considerably. New fields of applications can be gained due to the accelerated imaging process\u2014for example, live imaging in medical applications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jimaging4050062","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,3]],"date-time":"2018-05-03T03:20:27Z","timestamp":1525317627000},"page":"62","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Improved Reconstruction Technique for Moir\u00e9 Imaging Using an X-Ray Phase-Contrast Talbot\u2013Lau Interferometer"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"4","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3651-7899","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria","family":"Seifert","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ECAP-Novel Detectors\/Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erwin-Rommel-Strasse 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Gallersd\u00f6rfer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ECAP-Novel Detectors\/Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erwin-Rommel-Strasse 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3711-6958","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Veronika","family":"Ludwig","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ECAP-Novel Detectors\/Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erwin-Rommel-Strasse 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2223-0133","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Max","family":"Schuster","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ECAP-Novel Detectors\/Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erwin-Rommel-Strasse 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5421-0888","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Florian","family":"Horn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ECAP-Novel Detectors\/Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erwin-Rommel-Strasse 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Georg","family":"Pelzer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ECAP-Novel Detectors\/Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erwin-Rommel-Strasse 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jens","family":"Rieger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ECAP-Novel Detectors\/Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erwin-Rommel-Strasse 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Thilo","family":"Michel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ECAP-Novel Detectors\/Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erwin-Rommel-Strasse 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gisela","family":"Anton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ECAP-Novel Detectors\/Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erwin-Rommel-Strasse 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2789","DOI":"10.1364\/OE.20.002789","article-title":"Theoretical comparison of three X-ray phase-contrast imaging techniques: Propagation-based imaging, analyzer-based imaging and grating interferometry","volume":"20","author":"Diemoz","year":"2012","journal-title":"Opt. 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