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From: X-ray computed tomography in life sciences

Fig. 2

μCT imaging of Biomphalaria glabrata snail shell. a First use of μCT imaging, at a voxel (3D pixel) size of 12 μm, reproduced with permission from [6]. b Synchrotron μCT imaging showing the latero-frontal view of a 4-week-old snail at a voxel size of 6.2 μm with a virtual section in the median plane. Image in b reproduced from [7], Marxen JC, Prymark O, Beckmann F, Neues F, Epple M. Embryonic shell formation in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata: A comparison between scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and synchrotron radiation micro computer tomography (SRμCT). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 200,874(1);19–26, by permission of Oxford University Press

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