The 6^th International Conference on X-ray and Neutron Phase Imaging with Gratings (XNPIG 2024), co-organized by Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) and Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences was successfully held in Shenzhen from April 8^th to 12^th, 2024.

The conference has attracted over 120 top imaging experts and scholars from 12 countries, including China, the United States, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Australia. It featured 14 invited lectures and 31 academic reports, during which participants shared the latest advancement in phase imaging technology and their applications in biomedicine and materials science.

The conference was chaired by Professor Xiao Tijiao from the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility of SARI, with Dr. Ge Yongshuai from SIAT and Dr. Zhu Peiping from the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences as co-chairs.

Held biannually, XNPIG is a professional international conference in the field of X-ray and neutron phase-contrast imaging. It has been held by Tohoku University in Japan, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States, to the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland in the previous years. The last session of XNPIG was held in 2019, but the current session was postponed to 2024 due to the pandemic.

The successful convening of XNPIG 2024 promotes exchanges between domestic scholars and international counterparts in related research fields, which has significantly elevated China's international influence in the field of X-ray imaging.

The XNPIG 2024 conference was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 

Conference Chair, Researcher Xiao Tiqiao delivered the opening remarks

Conference Co-Chair, Researcher Ge Yongshuai hosted the conference

International renowned expert in phase imaging, Professor Atsushi Momose from Tohoku University delivered the invited lecture

International renowned expert in phase imaging, Professor Franz Pfeiffer from the Technical University of Munich delivered an invited lecture

International renowned expert in phase imaging, Professor Marco Stampanoni from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich delivered an invited lecture

International renowned expert in phase imaging, Professor Alessandro Olivo from University College London delivered an invited lecture