Scientists Use AI To Create Transparent 3D Images of Organs

Assembling an accurate image of what the inside of an organ looks like is not an easy task. In order to figure out what the inside of a liver or eyeball or brain looks like, said organs often need to be sliced into tiny slivers, which are then individually studied with a microscope. But now, another method of studying the insides of organs--which utilizes AI and a process called "tissue clearing"--is allowing researchers to study these biological structures in a way that's not only far less work-intensive, but also more conducive to understanding how they actually work. Futurism reported on the new process, which has been dubbed "Small-micelle-mediated Human orgAN Efficient clearing and Labeling" or SHANEL. The process is being developed by researchers in Germany, from Helmholtz Zentrum München (a research center), the LMU University Hospital Munich, and the Technical University of Munich.