micro-CT Scan of Richard III’s Skull 3D (Red - Blue 3D glasses required)

The forensic analysis of Richard III’s remains by micro-computed X-ray tomography (micro-CT) is the first time that this advanced technique has been applied to an archaeological investigation. Computed X-ray tomography (CT) has routinely been used for medical applications since the early 1970s, and we are all familiar with the image of a patient sliding through a doughnut-shaped ‘CAT scanner’. An X-ray source is located on one side of the ring, an X-ray detector on the other, and the whole affair rotates a