The Sacred Geometry of Fruit and Vegetables Photographed by MRI
In 2015, the Wellcome Trust showcased the future of food, launching The Crunch, to encourage people in the UK to explore what we eat.
The programme featured a sensational series of pictures by Alexandr Khrapichev, a professor at the University of Oxford, in which we see multiple cross sections through single piece of fruit and vegetables. Subjects were virtually sliced along a horizontal axis from left to right, giving you a bird’s eye view into the centre of the fruit (axial or transverse plane), and down a vertical axis from the top to the bottom of the fruit, dividing it into left and right halves (sagittal plane).
These images were acquired by spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which reveals details inside the fruit and veg without damaging them.
Tomato, sagittal view
Tomato, axial view
Strawberry, sagittal view
Star fruit, axial view
Squash, sagittal view
Pumpkin, sagittal view
Pumpkin, axial view
Persimmon, sagittal view
Persimmon, axial view
Passion fruit, axial view
Mandarin orange, sagittal view
Mandarin orange, axial view
Lemon, axial view
Kiwi, sagittal view
Guava, sagittal view
Guava, axial view
Granadilla, sagittal view
Granadilla, axial view
Garlic, sagittal view
Garlic, axial view
Cabbage, sagittal view
Cabbage, axial view
Artichoke, sagittal view
