High resolution element mapping inside biological samples using fluorescence microtomography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4503, Issue , 2001, Pages 230-239

  Schroer, Christian G ^a   Benner, Boris ^a   Günzler, Til Florian ^a   Kuhlmann, Marion ^a   Lengeler, Bruno ^a   Schröder, Walter H ^b   Kuhn, Arnd J ^b   Simionovici, Alexandre S ^c   Snigirev, Anatoly ^c   Snigireva, Irina ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Compound refractive lenses; Fluorescence analysis; Tomography; X ray microbeam

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; HEAVY METALS; IONS; LENSES; TISSUE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ELEMENT MICROTOMOGRAPHY (XFEMT);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 15844426519     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.452850     Document Type: Article

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