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ArticlePNAS nexus2025

3D multiscale characterization of the human placenta: Bridging anatomy and histology by X-ray phase-contrast tomography.

Jakob Reichmann, Anne Schnurpfeil, Sylvia Mittelstädt, Patrick Moller Jensen, Vedrana Andersen Dahl, Anders Bjorholm Dahl, Carina Weide, Eva von Campenhausen, Hector Dejea, Paul Tafforeau and 8 more

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Article in PNAS nexus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Quantitative Stain Mapping in X-Ray Virtual Histology.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Jakob ReichmannInstitute for X-ray Physics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen 37077, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6597-1831
Anne SchnurpfeilInstitute for X-ray Physics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen 37077, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4687-2134
Sylvia MittelstädtDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen 37973, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4594-8328
Patrick Moller JensenDTU Compute, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby 2800, Denmark.
Vedrana Andersen DahlDTU Compute, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby 2800, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6734-5570
Anders Bjorholm DahlDTU Compute, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby 2800, Denmark.
Carina WeideDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen 37973, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5266-1826
Eva von CampenhausenInstitute for X-ray Physics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen 37077, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2712-7276
Hector DejeaESRF, The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble 38000, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2584-9812
Paul TafforeauESRF, The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble 38000, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5962-1683
Christopher WerleinInstitute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover 30625, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7694-4257
Danny JonigkInstitute of Pathology, RWTH Aachen Medical Faculty, Aachen 52074, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5251-2281
Maximilian AckermannInstitute of Pathology and Department of Molecular Pathology, Helios University Clinic Wuppertal, University of Witten/Herdecke, Wuppertal 42283, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9996-2477
Klaus EngelSiemens Healthineers AG, Erlangen 91052, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1423-898X
Julia GallwasDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen 37973, Germany.
Alexander DietzInstitute of Pathology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen 37075, Germany.
Mir Fuad HasanovDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen 37973, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7341-6144
Tim SaldittInstitute for X-ray Physics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen 37077, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4636-0813

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human placenta exhibits a complex three-dimensional (3D) structure with a interpenetrating vascular tree and large internal interfacial area. In a unique and yet insufficiently explored way, this parenchymal structure enables its multiple functions as a respiratory, renal, and gastrointestinal multiorgan. The histopathological states are highly correlated with complications and health issues of mother, and fetus or newborn. Macroscopic and microscopic examination has so far been challenging to reconcile on the entire organ. Here we show that anatomical and histological scales can be bridged with the advent of hierarchical phase-contrast tomography and highly brilliant synchrotron radiation. To this end, we are exploiting the new capabilities offered by the BM18 beamline at ESRF, Grenoble for whole organ as well as the coherence beamline P10 at DESY, Hamburg for high-resolution, creating unique multiscale datasets. We also show that within certain limits, translation to

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intact organ imagingmultiscale imagingplacentatissue morphologyX-ray phase-contrast imaging

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PMID39831153
PMCPMC11740730

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