The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of the use of
X-ray phase-contrast tomography to study the heat induced changes in
the structure of meat. The non-destructive characteristics of the method
allowed the same sample to be measured before and after heat treatment.
The measurements were performed at a synchrotron facility
with a grating interferometric setup. Advanced data segmentation
allowed quantitative parameters as changes in volume of myofibrils
and connective tissue, gel formation and cooking loss to be extracted
from the data