new zealand-based MARS bioimaging has developed the world’s first full-color, 3D X-ray.dubbed the ‘MARS scanner’, the tech uses a collection of specially developed chips which like a camera, capture each individual particle in the human body.

the ‘medipix‘ chips work like pixel detectors, which are able to relay color information, allowing the MARS machine to formulate a 3D model of the human body. the final image produces is strikingly accurate, distinguishing between bone, cartilage, soft tissue and metal. in an example published by the company, an ankle slice through, taken by the MARS scanner shows the different colours of bone in white, and soft tissue and muscle in red.[…]

Source: world’s first full-color, 3D X-ray shows more than just your bones