Examples of biological X-ray fluorescence imaging
(XFI), illustrating
the different accessible length-scales. Panel a shows a coronal section
of human brain taken post-mortem from an individual suffering from
multiple sclerosis,14 with normalized levels
of iron, zinc, and copper indicated as shades of red, green, and blue.
Panel b shows a thin section of larval zebrafish retina imaged at
high resolution showing preferential accumulation of mercury in the
photoreceptor cells.15