Measurement of soft X-ray absorption spectra and elemental analysis in local regions of mammalian cells using an electronic zooming tube

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-60

  Ito, A ^a,c   Shinohara, K ^a   Nakano, H ^a   Matsumura, T ^b   Kinoshita, K ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absorption spectra; Elemental analysis; Mammalian cell; Soft X ray; Zooming tube

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; LIGHT SOURCES; MAMMALS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY DETECTORS;

ABSORPTION EDGES; CELL/B.E; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; LOCAL REGION; MAMMALIAN CELLS; MEASUREMENTS OF; SOFT X-RAY; SOFT-X-RAY ABSORPTION; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; ZOOMING TUBE;

ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

ELEMENT;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0030060323     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1996.71347.x     Document Type: Article

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