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Scientists Can Now Peek Inside Mummies In a Whole New Way (gizmodo.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: A revved-up version of traditional CT scanning shows it's possible to acquire microscopic-scale images of ancient Egyptian mummies, revealing previously unseen features such as blood vessels and nerves. A new proof-of-concept study published this week in Radiology shows a modified version of CT scanning, called phase-contrast CT scanning, can be used to do microscopic-scale imaging of soft-tissue in human mummies. This imaging technique detects the absorption and phase shift (similar to how light changes direction when it passes through a lens) that happens when x-rays pass through a solid object. The resulting images feature a higher level of contrast than traditional x-ray images.
For the new study, Jenny Romell and her colleagues at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden wanted to evaluate the effectiveness of using phase-contrast CT scanning on mummies. The researchers scanned a mummified human right hand from ancient Egypt. The hand was lent to them by the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities, and it dates back to around 400 BC. Rommel's team scanned the entire hand, followed by more detailed imaging of a finger tip. The system worked beautifully. The resolution got as good as an estimated 6 to 9 microns, which is slightly more than the width of a human blood cell. At such a small scale, the researchers could visualize the mummy's blood vessels, different layers of skin growth, adipose cells, blood vessels, and nerves. For archaeologists, this now introduces a new way of imaging ancient remains in an unobtrusive and highly detailed way.
For the new study, Jenny Romell and her colleagues at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden wanted to evaluate the effectiveness of using phase-contrast CT scanning on mummies. The researchers scanned a mummified human right hand from ancient Egypt. The hand was lent to them by the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities, and it dates back to around 400 BC. Rommel's team scanned the entire hand, followed by more detailed imaging of a finger tip. The system worked beautifully. The resolution got as good as an estimated 6 to 9 microns, which is slightly more than the width of a human blood cell. At such a small scale, the researchers could visualize the mummy's blood vessels, different layers of skin growth, adipose cells, blood vessels, and nerves. For archaeologists, this now introduces a new way of imaging ancient remains in an unobtrusive and highly detailed way.
Grammar Nazi in me wails, "Wholly!"
SUK ON MUH DIKKK!!!!!
Faggorts be hatin while I be fukkin dey mams!
And her first question after 5 minutes was: "Is it in yet?"
Can somebody use this to look inside the mummified remains of all these AC's heads to see what causes them to think it is OK to shit literary diarrhea all over in here about republicans, the SCOTUS pick, and all that? Same with that racist fuck going on about the GNAA or whatever the fuck he keeps railing about, or possibly even APK and his absurdity...
Seriously, You can basically be guaranteed that those assclowns are gonna smear their crap all over every story that comes through here, first thing. It gets depressing after awhile.
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On a more serious, and on topic note; This is a very interesting thing indeed. Even better if they can make a mobile xray version of it, as then they could do minimal disturbance archeology and anthropology.
It could have other uses as well, such as metallurgical analysis of damaged parts (such as from an airplane crash), and in the geological sciences as well.
Always good to have a shiny new tool.
"peeking inside mummies" brings a whole new meaning to NeCrOpHiLoLia
Good, because I can never actually picture what the ultrasound is showing.
Those who do not learn from commit history are doomed to regress it.
Gives a whole new meaning to "lending someone a hand"!
This is nerdy! More! More! More! * Off to read the actual article now... *More!
Whew... Was worried no one would argue that being nice and having a good conversation is worth it... Thanks! The world needs more of you, soldier! /s
Next time we find a 5000 year old dead guy, we can look at his junk in [i]High Definition[/i]
If you gave me a choice between a printer and a giraffe with explosive diarrhoea, i'll get my ladder and my raincoat
C'mon, how can you waste such a good joke?
This was begging for a perfectly good "your mummy is SO fat..." joke and you ruined it. Thanks for nothing.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
I wonder if this resolution is good enough to be able to read the burned scrolls from Pompeii
or possibly even APK and his absurdity...
APK doesn't exist anymore. He has been dead long time (due to a burst aneurysm) and has been replaced by a bunch of bots that all blame eachother for trying to impersonate him.
"Sufficiently advanced satire is indistinguishable from reality." - [Tips: 1DrYakQDKCQ6y52z6QbnkxHXAocMZJE61o ]
The accused is supposed to be a calm level-headed paragon of humanity to become a SCOTUS judge; a presumed victim with a traumatic experience is supposed to be marked with that experience. Seems like everything is in order, then?
Ezekiel 23:20
I peek inside mummies when I watch MILF porn!
Scientists Can Now Peek Inside Mummies In a Whole New Way
You mean besides trying to look up their skirts? Nerds! NERDS!!!
Ow ow my heart! I hope these nerds can save me!
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
why is it ok to dig up bodies and move them? why is it ok to conduct experiments on them, to split their corpse into pieces to put in museums and do ct scans on them? would you be ok with someone digging up your mom's body and doing the same? not returning the body to its original burial ground. why is it ok to desecrate these graves in the name of science?
The lengths perverts will go to always amazes me.
I don't mind a good old milf probing
#KillACTraitor Bring your Antifa asshole. Lets start this war.
No, MILFs are "mothers" you thinking of ALFS (Archeology I'd Like to Fuck).
the doctor thought you'd crawled back up inside her. I take it you are a scientist?
They are expert in peeking in a hole new way.
.. and that's a wrap!
This isn't new news. It's been floating the news circuit for at least a month...
Mummies I Like Fluoroscoping!
Why, what did you think it meant?
I wonder how this compares to the other other CT, the PET CT.
I know those things are pretty expensive as fuck due to the complexities of scanning, hence their slower uptake around the world.
In saying that, I wonder if it would even matter since PETs are usually used for realtime scans to see how blood flow functions, or organ function, etc. Mummies have the rather unfortunate property of being dead.
Mind you, it could still reveal finer detail regardless.