Now an international consortium of researchers has probed the machine's corroded fragments with sophisticated x-ray and
light imaging tools to uncover the true sophistication of this geared wonder.
Not exact matches
«LIDAR (
Light Detection and Ranging)
imaging is a great
tool for looking at these geographic factors because it gives us a view of the land from above without all of the vegetation in the way,» Stark said.
«To do this, the technique would have to be adapted to work with endoscopes or other
tools in development that allow
light - based
imaging inside the body.»
Although traditional in vivo
imaging tools, such as widefield and confocal microscopy, and newer ones, such as
light - sheet microscopy, can image in three dimensions, they sacrifice substantial spatiotemporal resolution to do so and, even then, can often be used for only very limited durations before altering the physiological state of the specimen.
Fluorescent proteins are fantastic
imaging tools but their use is limited in vivo because they must be excited by external
light sources.
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an emerging diagnostic
imaging tool that uses
light waves to generate real - time, high - resolution images of tissue at a microscopic level.