Inside the heart

Anne Bonnin is a physicist at the Swiss Light Source SLS. With synchrotron light, she can non-destructively render the inner structure of objects visible in extremely high resolution, down to a few micrometres. The interaction between synchrotron light and the object rotating in the beam makes it possible to produce a digital 3D image or sectional images. With this so-called microtomography method, she analyses, among other things, tissue samples from the heart. By doing so she is tracking down the causes of heart failure and cardiovascular diseases, a prerequisite for better treatments and even personalised therapies.

Anne Bonnin physicist at the Swiss Light Source SLS

Photo: Scanderbeg Sauer Photography