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TISSUE ENGINEERING PART C-METHODS
Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 359-363Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT INC
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2008.0274
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) [2006B1716, 2007A1844, 2007A2072, 2007B1102, 2007B1894]
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We report the x-ray microtomographic imaging of three-dimensional (3D) structure of soft tissues. The transparency of biological tissue to hard x-rays enables radiographic analysis of tissue entrails. However, biological tissues are mainly composed of light elements, which produce little contrast in a hard x-ray transmission image. Tissue structures were visualized by contrasting biological constituents with heavy elements. Efficient x-ray absorption by heavy-element dyes allowed the radiographic visualization of microstructures of soft tissues. The high-resolution computed tomography analysis provided the 3D microstructure of these microcontrasted tissues. Element-selective visualization of the stained tissue using x-ray absorption edges revealed the specific architecture of internal components. The structures obtained were used for rapid prototyping, giving 3D copies of human capillary vessels and fruit fly body.
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