Cardiovascular Business July 17, 2024
Researchers have used a new X-ray technique, hierarchical phase-contrast tomography (HiP-CT), to capture images of the human heart unlike any that have ever been seen before. The group shared the images, as well as a full analysis, in Radiology.[1]
“The atlas that we’ve created in this study is like having Google Earth for the human heart,” senior author Peter Lee, DPhil, a professor of materials science with the department of mechanical engineering at University College London, said in a statement. “It allows us to view the whole organ at global scale, then zoom in to street level to look at cardiovascular features in unprecedented detail.”
Lee et al. created two images of the human heart for the study, one from...
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