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May 9, 2025

Virtual histology for a multi-modal human brainstem atlas

What is the best imaging approach to build a human brainstem atlas? Dr. Gisela Hagberg, a senior scientist…

The image shows the lung imaging setup at the beam line, including the specially-designed positioning stage and demonstrates the dramatically higher resolution obtained with this set-up.

May 2, 2024

Pushing the resolution limit of Phase Contrast CT Imaging

Christian Dullin, an expert in preclinical studies at the University Medical Center Göttingen, and Giuliana Tromba, in charge of Euro-BioImaging’s Phase Contrast Imaging Node,…

Figure 1: Hierarchical scanning of entire monkey hearts. A) a heart before serial ethanol dehydration. B) stabilized heart prepared for scanning. C) transverse cut in the overview (67 µm pixel) scan. D) ‘zoomed in’ stitched plane (8 µm pixel) in the area of interest, demonstrating condensed myocardial band (#) and a coronary vessel (*). D) Single view of ‘zoomed in’ scan (2 µm pixel)

June 19, 2023

Multiscale multimodal 3D analysis of cardiovascular alterations/ structural features in a rhesus macaque monkey model for COVID-19

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest health crisis of the 21th century. Due to the extremely high number of infections, it is of…

Fig. 4 – The happy users from Politecnico di Milano (from left: Federica Buccino, Laura Vergani, Sara Bagherifard)

April 22, 2022

Micro-cracks and lacunar network in healthy and osteoporotic subjects: an experimental validation through synchrotron phase contrast imaging

The comprehension of bone damage processes is a crucial hint for the understanding of age-related fractures that are strongly linked to osteoporosis, a diffuse…

User Forum on Cancer, Christian Dullin

September 21, 2021

Understanding and Fighting Cancer: Applications of Virtual Histology at the Phase Contrast Imaging Node in Trieste

Euro-BioImaging is organizing an online User Forum on October 14, 2021 from 14:00-17:00 CEST. This event will highlight the importance of…

Photo of a lamella prepared for the study (A), a reconstructed slice of the entire tissue specimen at a resolution of 100 µm (B) and the outcomes of three local area scans performed in three selected areas (C-E) with a resolution of 5 µm

July 21, 2021

How imaging technologies contribute to understanding viruses

Euro-BioImaging offers an ever-expanding portfolio of cutting-edge imaging technologies and expertise that covers a range of applications in the life sciences – including in…

A view of what the user sees when connected remotely to the reconstruction PC at Italy's Elletra Synchrotron facility.

July 23, 2020

Running remote experiments in Italy’s Elettra Synchrotron laboratory

Due to the COVID-19 emergency in Spring 2020, Euro-BioImaging’s  Phase Contrast Imaging Flagship Node in Trieste, Italy, started running remote experiments at its…

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