Comparable to a dissection microscope, Virtual Histology™ can provide greater than 6µm isometric voxel resolution enabling detailed analysis. It is an excellent methodology for the examination of fine structures in a range of soft tissue specimens. The crisp, clean images provide a degree of anatomic detail that approximates routine histology as viewed by light microscopy. The significant advantage is clearly the non-destructive nature of microCT-based Virtual Histology™ allowing the researcher to change the angle of view from axial, sagittal, coronal and even arbitrary oblique planes based on the anatomic feature of interest offering new perspectives on developmental defects.

Here we see the breakup of the magnetic field into a series of island chains, with a predominant 2:1 mode, left along with isosurfaces of the plasma temperature, right. The topology of the magnetic field is visualized using an analysis tool that produces a Poincaré map. Because the plasma equilibrates much more rapidly parallel to the magnetic field lines than perpendicular to the magnetic field lines, visualizing the magnetic field topology is necessary to the understanding how the plasma energy is deposited on the material wall. As the field becomes stochastic, the plasma cools rapidly. This cooling is highlighted by a series of transparent iso-temperature surfaces. Though the temperature profile remains as a series on nested contours they have deformed based on the topology of the magnetic field.