In Photos: Wellcome Image Awards 2017 Winners

Vessels of a healthy mini-pig eye

This 3D image produced from CT scans shows how blood vessels are connected to the eye of a miniature pig. The vessels of only 0.02 mm in diameter are vital for the well functioning of the eye muscles that change the pupil size.

Photograph: Peter M Maloca/OCTlab/University of Basel and London Moorfields Eye Hospital; Christian Schwaller, Ruslan Hlushchuk/University of Bern and Sébastien Barré/2017 Wellcome Image Awards