journal article·2026-01Open access

Fast Small‐Angle X‐Ray Scattering Tensor Tomography: An Outlook into Future Applications in Life Sciences (Small Methods 1/2026)

Christian Appel, Margaux Schmeltz, Irene Rodriguez‐Fernandez, Lukas Anschuetz, Leonard C. Nielsen, Ezequiel Panepucci, Tomislav Marijolovic, Klaus Wakonig, Aleksandra Ivanovic, Anne Bonnin, Filip Leonarski, Justyna Wojdyla, Takashi Tomizaki, Manuel Guizar‐Sicairos, Kate Smith, John H. Beale, Wayne Glettig, Katherine E. McAuley, Oliver Bunk, Meitian Wang, Marianne Liebi

Small Methods· Volume 10· Issue 1

Abstract

Front Cover In article number 2500162, Wang, Liebi, and co-workers demonstrate the first high-throughput application of small-angle X-ray scattering tensor tomography (SAS-TT) on a macromolecular crystallography beamline. The image visualizes the collagen fiber network in the human incus, highlighting SAS-TT's potential for fast, non-destructive nanoscale imaging in life science research.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Collagen: Extraction and Characterization · Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques · Enzyme Structure and Function

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Affiliations

Center for Photon Science Paul Scherrer Institute Villigen 5232 Switzerland

Center for Scientific Computing, Theory and Data Paul Scherrer Institute Villigen 5232 Switzerland

Institute for Biomedical Engineering ETH Zürich Zürich 8092 Switzerland

Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL) Lausanne 1011 Switzerland

The Sense Innovation and Research Center Lausanne and Sion Lausanne 1007 Switzerland

Department of Physics Chalmers University of Technology Gothenburg SE‐41296 Sweden

ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research Universität Bern Bern 3008 Switzerland

Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Inselspital University Hospital and University of Bern Bern 3010 Switzerland

Institute of Physics École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne 1015 Switzerland

Institute of Materials École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne 1015 Switzerland

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