infocus #15 September 2009 An Optical Projection Tomography Scanning Microscope

OPT microscopy can replace the laborious task of reconstructing 3D structures. Alasdair Edgar explains how.

DOI: 10.22443/rms.inf.1.47

Anatomy is often presented in two dimensions, as photographs, but by presenting anatomical information in three dimensions we can more rapidly visualise how a complex structure is arranged. 3D is especially beneficial when examining branching structures such as nerves and blood vessels that in a 2D picture may appear to join when in fact they cross.

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