Diagnosing Diseases with a Lower Dose of X-Rays

May 30, 2025

Zhong Zhong, a physicist at Brookhaven Lab, explains how NSLS-II X-rays can image fine details in soft tissue, revealing diseases like breast cancer in their early stages. In this installment of NSLS-II Science Shorts, learn how diffraction-enhanced imaging can be a precise diagnostic tool while also reducing a patient's dose of X-rays.