Some stunning images and movies of a vine leaf is shown here, with permission from the researchers. The advantage of X-ray CT for this type of analysis is the full three dimensional information, making it possible to identify features within a sample (subsurface), to make volumetric and distance measurements of features, to check connectivity and also to identify regions of interest for further analysis by other techniques
Leaf top and bottom surface views at 20 microns:
Leaf bottom view at 2 micron resolution:
Leaf semi-transparent at 2 micron:
Slice image at 2 micron:
Movies:
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