Ultrasound Used To Take Super-Resolution Images Of Rat’s Brain

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The high resolution image shows the direction the blood moves in either red of blue, with the brightness showing how fast it is moving. ESPCI/INSERM/CNRS

Scientists have been able to create amazing high resolution microscopic images of the blood vessel network in the brain of a rat, using ultrasound. The technique, developed by a team of researchers in France, refines a procedure already used to image organs deep within tissue, but is able instead to produce super-resolution pictures. The process could potentially be used to diagnose strokes and track the growth and development of tumors.