“…A phase-contrast X-ray imaging system equipped with a two-crystal XI consisting of two crystal blocks, each having two crystal wafers, has been developed for non-destructive 3D observation of large samples at the Photon Factory in Japan (Yoneyama et al, 2013), and researchers have taken advantage of its high sensitivity to carry out various observations in biomedicine (Yoneyama et al, 2006;Noda-Saita et al, 2006;Takeda et al, 2012;Yamada et al, 2012;Kishimoto et al, 2016;Thet Thet et al, 2018;Kanahashi et al, 2019), environmental science (Takeya, 2006) and industrial science (Takeya et al, 2012;Mimachi et al, 2015;Takamatsu et al, 2018Takamatsu et al, , 2020. The advantages of two-crystal XI are its large field of view (>30 mm 2 ) and large sample space; on the other hand, operation of such an interferometer requires extremely high Schematic view of the phase imaging system using an X-ray grating-based interferometer.…”