Contribution of high-resolution correlative imaging techniques in the study of the liver sieve in three-dimensions

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 230-242

  Braet, Filip ^a   Wisse, Eddie ^a   Bomans, Paul ^b   Frederik, Peter ^b   Geerts, Willie ^c   Koster, Abraham ^d   Soon, Lilian ^a   Ringer, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fenestrae; Glove box; Liver; Tomography; Vitrification robot; Whole mounts

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; PROBES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIEVES;

CORRELATIVE MICROSCOPIES; FENESTRA; GLOVEBOXES; HIGH RESOLUTION; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; STRUCTURE DYNAMICS; STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS; THREE DIMENSIONS; VITRIFICATION ROBOT; WHOLE MOUNT;

ELECTRONS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CAMERA; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33847694963     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20408     Document Type: Review

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