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Brightest X-rays on Earth expose COVID lung damage

Imaging technique can pick up micrometre-scale details of intact brains and other organs.
HiP-CT image of a COVID-19 victim's lung lobe

The lung of a man who died from COVID-19 is depicted by a new type of scan showing open blood vessels in red, blocked blood vessels in yellow and air spaces in cyan. Credit: Paul Tafforeau

Researchers have harnessed the world’s brightest X-rays to create intricate maps of human organs at various scales, from the entire organ down to individual cells 1.

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Nature 599, 351 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03077-2

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  1. Walsh, C. L. et al. Nature Methods https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-021-01317-x (2021).

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