Human brain in head CT scan

Brain in head. False-colour three-dimensionalcomputed tomography (CT) scan of the human brainseen within the head, in side view. Layers of thehead are stripped away to show internal anatomy.At centre left, the nose and mouth of the face areseen in profile. Deeper to this are contours ofthe skull showing bones of the orbit and jawregion. At top, convolutions of the cerebrum ofthe brain are seen inside the skull. CT scanningcombines the use of a computer and X-rays passedthrough the body to produce cross-sectional imagesof body tissue. Here, data from multiple "slices"through skin, skull and brain have been combinedto form this three-dimensional view.. Stunning Photo Gifts From Science Photo Library

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