Heavy metal contrast enhancement for the selective detection of gold particles in electron microscopical sections using electron spectroscopic imaging

Bioimaging

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 130-137

  Haking, Ansgar ^a   Troester, Helmut ^a   Richter, Karsten ^a   Burzlaff, Annett ^a   Spring, Herbert ^a   Trendelenburg, Michael F ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Background subtraction; Electron microscopy; ESI; Immunogold staining

Indexed keywords

GOLD; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; URANIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031686829     PISSN: 09669051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1361-6374(199809)6:3<130::AID-BIO3>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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