Composite photograph from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system images
California Institute of Technology, Beckman Institute, Pasadena, California, United States
The development of a 15-day post-conception (dpc) mouse embryo is charted here. This visualization is part of the Caltech "µMRI Atlas of Mouse Development" project. The image data was collected using MRI, which is a non-optical imaging technique that uses the magnetic properties of protons in a chemical environment to generate image contrast. The first two images are volumetric renderings of MRI data with different transparency settings. Note that the center image permits the visualization of internal structures. The image at right shows the surface rendering of segmented anatomy. Segmentation allows each anatomical structure to be visualized, "handled," and explored as an independent object within the context of the entire embryo.
