Permanent implants made of titanium or its alloys are the gold standard in many orthopedic and traumatological applications due to their good biocompatibility and mechanical properties. However, a second surgical intervention is required for this …

Fig. 6.
Segmentation workflow for DG nuclei.
(A) Slice through exemplary 3D input data (CB configuration), (Top) without and (Bottom) with mask annotations.
(B) Three-dimensional rendering of the mask, within a cubic volume of side …

Study of the changes caused by the coronavirus in the structure of alveoli (the tiny air sacs in the lung) and the vasculature. They use multi-scale phase contrast x-ray tomography extending conventional histology by a …

Human life expectancy is increasing, and more and more people go in for high-risk sports. Against this background, the Institute of Metallic Biomaterials develops novel materials for medical implants based on titanium and magnesium. One …

Structural Biology aims to solve the 3D structure of biological macromolecules from proteins, to nucleotides, to ligands. Depending on the modality the resolution can be better than 1 Å. The highest resolution can usually be …