Micro-Computed tomography (micro-CT or μCT) is a microstructural, non-destructive study technique that allows you to study the internal and external anatomy of biological samples, and perform their reconstruction through a virtual three-dimensional model.
he possibility for combining μCT with other techniques is one of the major advantages of μCT scanning, and the technical development of higher resolutions in lab-based μCT-scanners allows for investigating the anatomy of specimens in the sub-milimeter range See:
Krieger, J., & Spitzner, F. (2020). X-Ray Microscopy of the Larval Crustacean Brain. In Brain Development (pp. 253-270). Humana, New York, NY.
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KHAN, M., WHITTINGTON, C., THOMPSON, M., & BYRNE, M. (2019). Arrangement and size variation of intra-gonadal offspring in a viviparous asterinid sea star. Zoosymposia, 15(1), 71-82.
This technique would allow us to explore how different structures develop in species that develop their life cycles in different areas with different characteristics and find a relationship between them.
Except that the radiation dose may be excessive in the study of the biological object (presumably alive) that you are studying especially at higher resolutions. And, that there is potentially poor differentiation of soft tissues using CT. Other small animal imaging modalities, ultrasound, MRI, etc. may offer similar useful and complementary information.
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