Microlocal analysis is used in **computed tomography** and other tomographic **imaging techniques** e.g. in **medicine** .

Specifically, it is used to describe which wavefront sets (here: boundaries of objects, e.g. of organs in the human body) can or can not be detected by a specific tomographic measurement setup and also helps to understand reconstruction artifacts and develop strategies to overcome these. Details can be found for example in

 - the overview article [Microlocal analysis in tomography][1] by Krishnan and Quinto and
 - the "Mathematics of Planet Earth" article [Microlocal Analysis and Imaging][2].


  [1]: http://equinto.math.tufts.edu/research/Wavefront-main.pdf
  [2]: http://mpe.dimacs.rutgers.edu/2013/09/05/microlocal-analysis-and-imaging/