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Synchrotron facilities are the gold standard for x-ray imaging. However, the high demand for easily accessible, low-cost sources has driven the widespread use of standard laboratory x-ray sources, based on solid rotating anode, nowadays used in industries, airports, as well as hospitals and universities.
In between the synchrotron and the standard laboratory sources, there is a new generation of x-ray sources promising compactness and high quality (coherence) x-ray beam: this includes sources based on liquid metal anode, on inverse Compton scattering, and driven by high power lasers.
Here we present the most advanced x-ray imaging methods that aim to achieve synchrotron-like image quality using standard and new x-ray sources. We review recent results, including both non-interferometric and interferometric approaches, and discuss the future possibility of pushing the limits of temporal and spatial resolution.