Three-dimensional analyses of human embryos using phase-contrast X-ray computed tomography

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K15014
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: General anatomy (including histology/embryology)
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Zhao Langying 京都大学, 医学研究科, 研究員 (90582122)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MAKISHIMA Haruyuki 京都大学, 大学院医学研究科, 研究員 (10750820)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 発生学 / 画像解剖学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Using the new imaging method called phase-contrast X-ray computed tomography, the human embryo specimens called Kyoto Collection were imaged and analyzed with high-resolution, compared with the conventional imaging method such as magnetic resonance microscopy. Using the obtained 3D data, 3D reconstruction and visualization were performed, and the morphogenesis such as branching of respiratory pathway and the positional relationship among the eye, the optic nerve and the chiasma has been analyzed morphometrically.

Free Research Field

解剖学