Non-invasive 3D-Visualization with Sub-micron Resolution Using Synchrotron-X-ray-tomographyMichael Heethoff 1, Lukas Helfen 2, Peter Cloetens 2
1Department of Evolutionary Biology of Invertebrates, University of Tubingen, 2European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
We used synchrotron X-ray tomography at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) to non-invasively produce 3D tomographic datasets with a pixel-resolution of 0.7µm. Using volume rendering software, this allows the reconstruction of internal structures in their natural state without the artefacts produced by histological sectioning.