Tissue preparation for reconstruction of large-scale three-dimensional structures using a scanning electron microscope

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-101

  Hukui, I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Etching; Nerve embedded block; Polishing; Reconstruction; SEM images; Serial section; Tissue preparation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRONS; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE;

EMBEDDED BLOCKS; LARGE-SCALES; NERVE EMBEDDED BLOCK; PREPARATION METHOD; RECONSTRUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SEM IMAGE; SERIAL SECTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ETCHING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE;

EID: 0030015185     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1996.tb04796.x     Document Type: Article

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