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Extra dimension for bone analysis

A combination of two techniques — computed tomography and small-angle X-ray scattering — and serious computing power have enabled multi-scale, three-dimensional analysis of bone and tooth tissue. See Letters p.349 & p.353

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Figure 1: Principle of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) tomography.

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Fratzl, P. Extra dimension for bone analysis. Nature 527, 308–309 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/527308a

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