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Real-time phase-contrast x-ray imaging: a new technique for the study of animal form and function

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Title
Real-time phase-contrast x-ray imaging: a new technique for the study of animal form and function
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BMC Biology, March 2007
DOI 10.1186/1741-7007-5-6
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John J Socha, Mark W Westneat, Jon F Harrison, James S Waters, Wah-Keat Lee

Abstract

Despite advances in imaging techniques, real-time visualization of the structure and dynamics of tissues and organs inside small living animals has remained elusive. Recently, we have been using synchrotron x-rays to visualize the internal anatomy of millimeter-sized opaque, living animals. This technique takes advantage of partially-coherent x-rays and diffraction to enable clear visualization of internal soft tissue not viewable via conventional absorption radiography. However, because higher quality images require greater x-ray fluxes, there exists an inherent tradeoff between image quality and tissue damage.

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Country Count As %
United States 3 2%
Belgium 2 1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Argentina 1 <1%
Unknown 145 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 45 29%
Student > Ph. D. Student 35 23%
Professor 12 8%
Student > Master 11 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 9 6%
Other 25 16%
Unknown 17 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 57 37%
Engineering 22 14%
Physics and Astronomy 20 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 3%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 4 3%
Other 20 13%
Unknown 27 18%