The use of X-rays to construct three-dimensional tomographic images is well established in medicine. The same principle is being extended to the nanoscale, bringing us startlingly accurate pictures of tiny objects.
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Attwood, D. Nanotomography comes of age. Nature 442, 642–643 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/442642b
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