This virtual autopsy of a person that committed suicide was made possible by advances in CT scanning. Click the link in the main text, left, to see more (Image: Anders Persson)
Anders Persson, director of the Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization at Linköping University, Sweden, received the Lennart Nillson Award for scientific photography this year, for his groundbreaking work on improving CT scans.
His sharp, 3D images provide new perspectives on human and animal bodies, and are even used by police to perform virtual autopsies and look inside a corpse without leaving a trace.
See a slideshow of the winning images, from living chimps to murder victims
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