Subject area	Biology
More specific subject area	Structural biology
Type of data	3D x-ray images
How data was acquired	3D micro-computed-tomography (Skyscan 1172, Bruker, Kontich, Belgium)
Data format	reconstructed
Experimental factors	Mice bones were dissected, the soft tissue partially removed and stored in an ethanol environment (sealed PMMA vial).
Experimental features	Samples were scanned with a source voltage of 60 kV, 160 µA, no filter and an effective resolution of 10 µm (600 projections) and 1.2 µm (3600 projections).
Data source location	Germany
Data accessibility	Data in Brief Dataverse10.7910/DVN/29628