Surface imaging microscopy using an ultramiller for large volume 3D reconstruction of wax- and resin-embedded tissues

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 886-894

  Gerneke, Dane A ^a   Sands, Gregory B ^a   Ganesalingam, Ramanujan ^b   Joshi, Purva ^b   Caldwell, Bryan J ^a   Smaill, Bruce H ^a,b   Legrice, Ian J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Block face staining; Cardiac tissue; Surface imaging microscopy; Ultramiller

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

3D RECONSTRUCTION; BLOCK FACE STAINING; CARDIAC TISSUES; IMAGING MICROSCOPY; LARGE VOLUMES; SURFACE IMAGING; SURFACE IMAGING MICROSCOPY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ULTRAMILLER;

TISSUE;

RESIN; WAX;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMERA; COCHLEA; COMPUTER MODEL; EMBEDDING; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; SURFACE IMAGING MICROSCOPY; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ULTRAMILLER;

EID: 35148813437     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20491     Document Type: Article

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