X-Ray Imaging for 3D Tissue Scans

X-ray imaging can show the inside of an object without cutting it open. In this high school science topic, micro-CT uses many 2D X-ray projections to build a 3D view of a sample. The result is similar to a medical X-ray, but it gives depth information instead of just a flat image.

X-rays have pla...

A micro-CT scan is a three-dimensional image that is created from a series of X-ray images at different orientations. The first Nobel prize in physics was awarded to Dr. Rontgen in 1901 for the discovery of X-rays and their use as demonstrated by imaging his wife's hand.

X-ray absorption imaging continues to be an indispensable tool, espec...