Q&A: Why use synchrotron x-ray tomography for multi-scale connectome mapping?

Abstract To understand how information flows and is used in the human brain, we must map neural structures at all levels, providing visualizations similar to those of Google Earth for continents, countries, cities, and streets. Unfortunately, the imaging and processing techniques currently used in c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yeukuang Hwu, Giorgio Margaritondo, Ann-Shyn Chiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-017-0461-8