Table 1. Summary of the acquisition parameters for GI and XPP imaging.

	Grating interferometer	Phase propagation
Energy (keV)	25	25
Photon flux density (photons mm−2 s−1)†	1.37 × 1011	1.9 × 1011
Pixel size (µm)	6.5 × 6.5	3.25 × 3.25
FOV (mm)	14 × 4	8.32 × 4
Projections	1440 × 7	1440
Total entrance dose (Gy)	∼30000	∼5800
Scintillator	LAG:Ce 350 µm	LAG:Ce 100 µm
Numerical aperture	0.2	0.08
Exposure time (ms)	200	200
Total acquisition	∼100 min per half brain	∼20 min per half brain

^†Flux measured with a calibrated diode at sample position with precisions lower than a few percent (Lovric, 2015 ▸).