Published On: Fri, Sep 24th, 2010

X Rays In 3D Show Deep Details Of Nano Technology

In a scientific breakthrough, it has been found that the high resolution microscopic technique exposes the insides of the material. As per the scientific founding, the new X-ray technique givers super detailed look into the samples. It gives these details in 3D [3 dimensional].

X Rays In 3D
The experimentation was done on a mouse bone. This revealed the inner details as much as below 100 nanometers. It also exposed hidey holes and the bone cell and the connecting channels between the pockets.

In this technique, there is a combination of many technologies. In this process, powerful X-ray sends beam through a sample. This is passed to the highly sensitive photon counting detector. This is done without the need for an image forming lens.

The process works like this:

On their way through the object, X-rays are slightly scattered by variations in the density of the material. The detector measures the intensity of the scattered waves and a powerful computer program uses that information to reconstruct a two-dimensional image of the sample.

After an image is made at each degree in a 180-degree view of the material, a computer program puts all the images together to get a three-dimensional image, similar to the way a CT brain scan is put together. The 3-D reconstruction shows tiny inner variations in density never before measurable.