Can crystal imperfections alter the petrophysical properties of halite minerals?

M Cipriani, S Donato, F Alessandro… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2024 - Elsevier
The internal structure of two Messinian halite crystals belonging to the white and transparent
facies examined in order to investigate how the presence, amount and distribution of fluid …

Advancing breast cancer diagnosis in 3D: The transformative power of X-ray phase-contrast microtomography for virtual histology

S Donato, D Bonazza - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Breast cancer, a prevalent global malignancy in women, demands accurate tissue alteration
detection for effective diagnosis and treatment. Histology, pivotal in diagnosis, faces …

Anatomical changes of Tenebrio molitor and Tribolium castaneum during complete metamorphosis

ML Vommaro, S Donato, S Caputo, RG Agostino… - Cell and Tissue …, 2024 - Springer
In holometabolous insects, extensive reorganisation of tissues and cells occurs at the pupal
stage. The remodelling of the external exoskeleton and internal organs that intervenes …

Integrating X-ray phase-contrast imaging and histology for comparative evaluation of breast tissue malignancies in virtual histology analysis

S Donato, LM Arana Peña, F Arfelli, L Brombal… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Detecting breast tissue alterations is essential for cancer diagnosis. However, inherent
bidimensionality limits histological procedures' effectiveness in identifying these changes …

Ortho-positronium lifetime for soft-tissue classification

AV Avachat, KH Mahmoud, AG Leja, JJ Xu… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
The objective of this work is to showcase the ortho-positronium lifetime as a probe for soft-
tissue characterization. We employed positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy to …

Multiscale X-ray phase-contrast tomography: From breast CT to micro-CT for virtual histology

LMA Peña, S Donato, D Bonazza, L Brombal… - Physica Medica, 2023 - Elsevier
Phase-contrast imaging techniques address the issue of poor soft-tissue contrast
encountered in traditional X-ray imaging. This can be accomplished with the propagation …

Unveiling tumor invasiveness: enhancing cancer diagnosis with phase-contrast microtomography for 3D virtual histology

S Donato, RG Agostino, LMA Peña, F Arfelli… - … Physical Journal Plus, 2024 - epjplus.epj.org
Malignant diseases are characterized by a critical trait known as invasiveness, where tumor
cells tend to spread from the primary tissue layer into surrounding healthy tissues and …

Distribution of corpora amylacea in the human midbrain: using synchrotron radiation phase-contrast microtomography, high-field magnetic resonance imaging, and …

JY Lee, AF Mack, U Mattheus, S Donato… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Corpora amylacea (CA) are polyglucosan aggregated granules that accumulate in the
human body throughout aging. In the cerebrum, CA have been found in proximity to …

Framework to optimize fixed-length micro-CT systems for propagation-based phase-contrast imaging

G Lioliou, I Buchanan, A Astolfo, M Endrizzi, D Bate… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
A laboratory X-ray imaging system with a setup that closely resembles commercial micro-CT
systems with a fixed source-to-detector distance of∼ 90 cm is investigated for single …

X-ray phase-contrast 3D virtual histology characterises complex tissue architecture in colorectal cancer

A Svetlove, T Griebel, J Albers, L D'Amico… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Precise morphological analysis of tumour tissue samples is crucial for accurate diagnosis
and staging of colorectal cancer (CRC), but remains limited by the 2D nature of conventional …