Human Organ Atlas: HiP-CT imaging of a healthy human lung using the ESRF-EBS

Seeing inside a healthy lung using a new imaging technique - Hierarchical Phase-Contrast Tomography or ‘HiP-CT’. Performed at the ESRF-EBS 4th generation synchrotron in Grenoble HiP-CT is a new technique that can hierarchically image intact whole human organs. Beginning with a scan of the whole organ at the resolution of a human hair (25μm/voxel), followed by zooming in to any area at a resolution of 1/10th a human hair (6μm/voxel), and finally zooming in again to a resolution where we can see single cells (1.5μm/voxel). HiP-CT imaging of a whole lung of a 94yr old female donor using the new capabilities of ESRF-EBS. The lung is essential for oxygenating out blood, it should be mostly filled with air. Lungs are made up on lobes which you can see two of in the 3D view of the whole lung. As we go through image slices of the lung you will see white, black and grey areas. The black areas are where air would be and the white and grey are the lung tissue and the blood vessels. As we zoom in more you can see the