@inproceedings{004e0eb6e24d46cfb82a6c328b8888a5,
title = "Suitability of synchrotron-radiation phase-contrast tomography for imaging of inner ear of harbor porpoise",
abstract = "Synchrotron-radiation phase-contrast tomography is a non-destructive technique that allows high-resolution imaging of soft structures. We present the first results of the cochlea (inner ear) of a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Samples were analyzed at a high spatial resolution using synchrotron-radiation propagation-based phase-contrast microtomography at the high-energy materials science beamline (HEMS) P07, operated by Hereon, at the storage ring PETRA III at DESY. Since these samples are larger than the X-ray beam profile, a scanning and projection-based stitching approach was used. Stitching of the acquired raw data sets resulted in centimeter-sized reconstructions with 2.54 µm voxel size and volumes ranging from 280 GB to 5.2 TB. Synchrotron-radiation phase-contrast tomography proved to be a suitable technique to image the spiral ganglion cells and other structures of the inner ear of a harbor porpoise.",
keywords = "cochlea, harbor porpoise, inner ear, phase contrast, stitching, tomography, X-ray imaging",
author = "Laura Rojas and Julian Moosmann and Felix Beckmann and Louise Moysan and Ursula Siebert and Lonneke IJsseldijk and Fiedler, {Imke A.K.} and Bj{\"o}rn Busse and Maria Morell",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 SPIE.; 15th SPIE Conference on Developments in X-Ray Tomography ; Conference date: 19-08-2024 Through 22-08-2024",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.1117/12.3029198",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Bert Muller and Ge Wang",
booktitle = "Developments in X-Ray Tomography XV",
address = "United States",
}