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Figure 4. General impact of aging on the general structuring of elastic fibers within the aortas (n = 4/group). (A) Decision tree allowing the evaluation of the general organization of elastic fibers. (B) Low (top panels) and high (bottom panels) magnification images obtained from scanning electron microscopy. (C) Images obtained by high-resolution X-ray microscopy (panels a–f). A 3D reconstruction of the network of elastic fibers (red) and cells (green) is made from the images (panels e–h).