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ArticleSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2024

Micro to macro scale anatomical analysis of the human hippocampal arteries with synchrotron hierarchical phase-contrast tomography.

Alexandre Bellier, P Tafforeau, A Bouziane, T Angelloz-Nicoud, P D Lee, C Walsh

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  1. The Human Organ Atlas.Science advances · 2026
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Alexandre BellierDepartment of Anatomy (LADAF), Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Domaine de La Merci, Place du commandant Nal, La Tronche, 38700, France. abellier@chu-grenoble.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0907-0315
P TafforeauEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, 38000, France.
A BouzianeDepartment of Anatomy (LADAF), Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Domaine de La Merci, Place du commandant Nal, La Tronche, 38700, France.
T Angelloz-NicoudDepartment of Anatomy (LADAF), Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Domaine de La Merci, Place du commandant Nal, La Tronche, 38700, France.
P D LeeCentre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging, University College London, 72 Huntley Street, London, WC1E 6DD, UK.
C WalshCentre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging, University College London, 72 Huntley Street, London, WC1E 6DD, UK.

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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative CZIF2021-006424Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies CiET1819/10
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo date, no non-invasive imaging modality has been employed to profile the structural intricacies of the hippocampal arterial microvasculature in humans. We hypothesised that synchrotron-based imaging of the human hippocampus would enable precise characterisation of the arterial microvasculature.

methodsTwo preserved human brains from, a 69-year-old female and a 63-year-old male body donors were imaged using hierarchical phase-contrast tomography (HiP-CT) with synchrotron radiation at multiple voxel resolutions from 25.08 μm down to 2.45 μm. Subsequent manual and semi-automatic artery segmentation were performed followed by morphometric analyses. These data were compared to published data from alternative methodologies.

resultsHiP-CT made it possible to segment in context the arterial architecture of the human hippocampus. Our analysis identified anterior, medial and posterior hippocampal arteries arising from the P2 segment of the posterior cerebral artery on the image slices. We mapped arterial branches with external diameters greater than 50 μm in the hippocampal region. We visualised vascular asymmetry and quantified arterial structures with diameters as small as 7 μm.

conclusionsThrough the application of HiP-CT, we have provided the first imaging visualisation and quantification of the arterial system of the human hippocampus at high resolution in the context of whole brain imaging. Our results bridge the gap between anatomical and histological scales.

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HippocampusSynchrotronsAgedCerebral ArteriesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTomography, X-Ray ComputedHuman hippocampusPhase contrast imagingSynchrotronVascularisation

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