High-resolution X-ray computed tomography reveals the three-dimensional structure of microscopic biological tissue and has great clinical potential if the X-ray dose can be reduced (pages 933–935).
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Momose, A., Takeda, T. Seeing how we hear. Nat Med 2, 852–853 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0896-852
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