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1. A method for generating a projective X-ray representation of an examination object, which comprises the following method steps of:performing an interferometric projective imaging using a radiator-detector system with a Talbot-Lau grating configuration having a first linear phase grating with a first alignment;ascertaining a projective absorption image with absolute absorption values in absolute representation format;ascertaining a first projective differential phase contrast image with differential phase contrast values in differential representation format;adapting the representation format of one of the ascertained images to the other image respectively;generating at least one new result image by combining an unmodified image with an image which has been adapted in respect of its representation format; andstoring and/or outputting the at least one result image. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein for adapting the absolute representation format of the projective absorption image, forming spatial derivatives on a pixel-by-pixel basis perpendicular to the first alignment of grating lines of the first linear phase grating, and a differential absorption image produced thereby is combined with the first projective differential phase contrast image. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein for adapting the differential representation format of the first projective differential phase contrast image, forming absolute values by integration on a pixel-by-pixel basis perpendicular to the first alignment of grating lines, and an absolute phase contrast image, produced thereby is combined with the projective absorption image. 4. The method according to claim 1, which further comprising ascertaining a second projective differential phase contrast image with differential phase contrast values in the differential representation format using the first linear phase grating which is aligned in a second direction. 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein for ascertaining the second projective differential phase contrast image, rotating the first linear phase grating. 6. The method according to claim 4, wherein for ascertaining the second projective differential phase contrast image, using a second phase grating with a different alignment instead of the first linear phase grating. 7. The method according to claim 4, wherein a second alignment of the first linear phase grating runs perpendicular to the first alignment of the first linear phase grating. 8. The method according to claim 4, which further comprises:ascertaining the projective absorption image with absolute image values and the first and second projective differential phase contrast images, Δφ(|)) with differential image values using respectively different alignments of generating phase gratings;converting the first and second projective differential phase contrast images, Δφ(|)) into absolute phase contrast images, ∥φ(−)) by means of unidimensional integration perpendicular to an alignment of the generating phase gratings; andcomputing the at least one result image from the projective absorption image and the absolute phase contrast images, ∥φ(−)) by means of pixel-by-pixel weighted combination. 9. The method according to claim 4, which further comprises:ascertaining the projective absorption image with absolute image values and the first and second projective differential phase contrast images with differential image values using respectively different alignments of generating phase gratings;converting the first and second projective differential phase contrast images into an absolute phase contrast image by means of two-dimensional integration perpendicular to alignments of the generating phase gratings; andcomputing the at least one result image from the absolute absorption image and the absolute phase contrast image by means of pixel-by-pixel combination. 10. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises using a polynomial for combining) images. 11. The method according to claim 10, which further comprises using polynomial factors previously ascertained in a context of calibration in a chosen polynomial. 12. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises performing a phase contrast measurement by means of “phase stepping” one of gratings that is used. 13. The method according to claim 12, which further comprises performing the phase contrast measurement by using a detector whose resolution lies in a range of grating spacing's of an analysis grating. 14. The method according to claim 12, which further comprises ascertaining the absorption image from a sum of intensity measurements of the phase contrast measurement. 15. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises recording the projective absorption image in an absence of the first linear phase grating in a ray path. 16. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises positioning the first linear phase grating between a radiator and the examination object. 17. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises using a polynomial, being a degree 1 to 3, for combining the images. 18. An X-ray apparatus for generating a projective X-ray representation of an examination object, the X-ray apparatus comprising:a radiator-detector system for X-ray examination of the examination object disposed in a ray path and having a detector;a Talbot-Lau grating configuration disposed in the ray path and having a first linear phase grating with a first alignment; anda control and computing unit with a memory containing program code which is used during operation for controlling the X-ray apparatus and for data processing of signals received from said detector, wherein X-ray representations of the examination object are generated, said memory of said control and computing unit storing the program code which during operation further performs method steps according to claim 1.