Teeth in CT and Synchrotron Microtomography (IMAGE)

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Teeth in CT and Synchrotron Microtomography

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This is a comparison of a classical computer tomography scan (left) with a scan using synchrotron microtomography (right). The much higher resolution and contrast are clearly visible. The lower part depicts a zoom into a tooth and shows a lot of detail. To study the development of teeth, a resolution of between 10 and 100 times higher than on this image is needed.

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